Garbis Kortian

Garbis Kortian (; February 15, 1938 – August 23, 2009) was a philosopher and political theorist. He acquired his PhD in philosophy from the University of Vienna in 1966; his dissertation was on Wilhelm von Humboldt. He spoke Armenian, French, German, and English. His philosophical work was mostly written in French and German. He was married with 2 children.

Kortian was deeply influenced by Max Weber. The book is expository in its content and shows that the meta-epistemology of Jürgen Habermas originated in German idealism, especially from Hegel's critique of Kant, and from Marx's critique of Hegel. Kortian also wanted to introduce it in contrast with positivist philosophy. The book is a reconstruction of Habermas's statement elaborated in his 1968 book Knowledge and Human Interests. The book was praised by Gillian Rose.