Eduard Meyer (philosopher)
Eduard Meyer (born January 25, 1888 at Varlar Castle ; † May 21, 1977 in Göttingen ) was a German philosopher , psychologist and university professor.
Meyer had been doing his habilitation in philosophy and psychology at the Mannheim University of Commerce, a forerunner of the University of Mannheim , since 1928 . There he taught at the Institute for Psychology and Education. In the course of the dissolution of the commercial college in 1933, Meyer was taken on as a private lecturer for philosophy and psychology at the Philosophical Faculty of Heidelberg University . There he taught psychology and held a. a. a lecture on army psychology. Meyer participated in "Investigations into nonsense (codecision on the question of sterilization)". In 1937 Eduard Meyer , who had meanwhile joined the SA , completed his habilitation in Göttingen . In 1951 Meyer was appointed adjunct professor at the University of Göttingen.
Fonts
- From known and unknown Kant. The real component of his thinking. Introduction to the epistemological foundations of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Goettingen 1970.
literature
- Theo Weinobst: Eduard Meyer. The professor with the big heart. 2nd Edition. Th. Weinobst Buchvertrieb, Göttingen 1978.
- Uwe Wolfradt, Elfriede Billmann-Mahecha, Armin Stock (eds.): German-speaking psychologists 1933–1945 . Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-658-01480-3 , pp. 315f.
Web links
- Marion Hachmann-Gleixner: The Psychological Institute Heidelberg during National Socialism and in the post-war period.
- Jürgen Klüpfel, Carl Friedrich Graumann: An institute is born. On the history of the institutionalization of psychology at Heidelberg University.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philosopher, psychologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Varlar Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1977 |
| Place of death | Goettingen |