Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann (8 October 1934 – 2 August 2022) was a German philosopher.
[1] Herrmann worked personally with Martin Heidegger from 1972 until his death in 1976.
[1][4] Heidegger appointed him as curator for a complete edition of his Works, begun in 1975 and ongoing.
[5][4] In 2019, Herrmann published a commentary to Heidegger's Vom Ereignis, which was received as a welcome accessible approach to his philosophy.
[2][3] He died on 2 August 2022 at a clinic in Freiburg, where he spent a few days following a heart attack.