Franz Austeda

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Franz Austeda (born November 6, 1923 in Vienna ; † February 6, 2009 there ) was an Austrian civil servant , philosopher and educator .

Live and act

Franz Austeda studied philosophy , history , psychology and education at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate in 1949 ( dissertation : The epistemological concept of relativity). At the same time he passed the teaching examination for the subjects of history and philosophy and was initially a grammar school professor and grammar school director in Vienna. In 1955 he moved to the office of the City School Council for Vienna , where he last worked as a Real Councilor . He also taught as a lecturer at Vienna Adult Education Centers .

Philosophers, scientists and writers like Sir Karl Popper , Rupert Riedl and Ernst Jandl were his personal friends with whom he met regularly.

In 1983 he was a member of the Austrian UNESCO Commission .

Austeda was an advocate of freedom of thought and a proponent of a critical and rigorous scientific philosophy. He took the standpoint of an empirically-scientifically founded as well as epistemological (in the sense of Immanuel Kant ) secured critical positivism and represented an axiomatic characteristic of philosophy .

"A meaningful and fruitful philosophical discussion can only come about when everyone has regained understanding for the value of sharp epistemological analysis of concepts and statements (in the sense of neopositivism) and at the same time for the approach of Kantian criticism, i.e. for the efficiency of a critically well-founded one Positivism and Rationalism. "

- Thoughts on contemporary philosophy, part II. : The general secondary school. No. 2/1981, p. 45.

The focus of his epistemological analysis was the attempt to solve the "self-problem" of philosophy, i. That is, philosophizing to justify axiomatically the possibility and necessity of philosophizing. Furthermore, Austeda was an important representative of value relativism and advocated a separation of knowledge and belief . He called for a concept of tolerance that should be raised from the standpoint of worldview relativism. However, he restricted this insofar as intolerance does not deserve tolerance.

Awards

Fonts (selection)

  • Man and world. In: Knowledge and Success. Fürlinger publishing house, Vienna 1953.
  • Small dictionary of philosophy. Humboldt, Frankfurt am Main 1954.
  • Technology and philosophy. In: Festschrift of the Realschule on the Wieden. Vienna 1955.
  • Much noise and "nothing" ... A few critical remarks on existentialism. In: New Generation. No. 4/1956, p. 10.
  • Ernst Topitsch: From the origin and end of metaphysics. In: New ways. No. 132/1958.
  • On the peculiarity and typology of philosophical concept formation. A critical analysis. In: Problems of the philosophy of science. Festschrift for Victor Kraft. Springer-Verlag, Vienna 1960.
  • as editor: Aesthetics. Deuticke, Vienna 1960.
  • Man, his being and his work. In: The human being - his essence and his work. IWK, Vienna, 1960.
  • Man in the field of tension between values. In: The human being - his essence and his work. IWK, Vienna, 1960.
  • as publisher: Economy and society, state and law in the mirror of philosophical criticism. Deuticke, Vienna 1962.
  • Axiomatic Philosophy. A contribution to the self-criticism of philosophy. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1962.
  • Dictionary of Philosophy. Gebrüder Weiß, Berlin / Munich 1962.
  • Philosophy of work. In: The work. Fürlinger publishing house, Vienna 1963.
  • Avenarius, Richard; Fischer, Kuno; Jodl, Friedrich; Petzoldt, Joseph; Roretz, Karl; Stöhr, Adolf; Wahle, Richard; Pull, Theodore. In: Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 8 volumes. MacMillan, New York 1967.
  • Modern philosophy. Problems - positions - profiles. Verlag Rombach, 1972, ISBN 3-7930-0960-2 .
  • Karl Raimund Popper. In: Education and Instruction. No. 10/1973.
  • as editor: Adolf Stöhr. Philosophical constructions and reflections. Deuticke, Vienna 1974.
  • as editor: Karl Roretz. Goals and ways of philosophical thinking. Deuticke, Vienna 1976.
  • Moritz Schlick. In: The general education higher school. No. 5/1976, p. 111.
  • Julius Schultz. In: The general education higher school. No. 7/1976, p. 162.
  • Reason and extent of validity of ethical value judgments and norms. In: The general education higher school. No. 10/1978, p. 234.
  • as editor: Richard Wahle. From delusional knowledge to true ignorance. Deuticke, Vienna 1979.
  • Voltaire and Rousseau. In: Communication from the Institute for Science and Art. No. 1/1979, p. 5.
  • Farewell to thinking? On epigonism in contemporary philosophy. In: Our epigone destiny. Nothing new under the sun. Herder, Munich 1980.
  • The parentless generation. In: The general education higher school. No. 2/1980, p. 44.
  • Discipline - what for? In: ahs current. No. 7/1980, p. 1.
  • "Hitler in ourselves"? In: The general education higher school. No. 8/1980, p. 187.
  • Jean-Paul Sartre. In: European Church Free Rundschau. No. 73/1980, p. 7.
  • Thoughts on contemporary philosophy, part I. In: The general education higher school. No. 1/1981, p. 19.
  • Thoughts on Philosophy of the Present Part II. In: The general education higher school. No. 2/1981, p. 44.
  • From logos to myth? In: Communication from the Institute for Science and Art. No. 1 and 2/1981.
  • Lexicon of Philosophy. Hollinek Brothers, Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-85119-231-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Franz Austeda in Vienna History Wiki of the city of Vienna
  2. ↑ The general secondary school. No. 2, 1981, p. 41.
  3. ^ Wiener Zeitung. February 14, 2009, p. 13.
  4. ↑ VHS course and event programs at: http://archiv.vhs.at/ .
  5. ↑ Wolfgang Wurm: Obituary for Hofrat Dr. Franz Austeda. In: ahs current. Episode 167, May 2009, p. 12.
  6. ↑ European Church Free Rundschau. No. 79, 1980, p. 5.
  7. ↑ Axiomatic Philosophy. A contribution to the self-criticism of philosophy. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1962.
  8. ↑ Axiomatic Philosophy. A contribution to the self-criticism of philosophy. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1962.
  9. ↑ Lexicon of Philosophy. Hollinek Brothers, Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-85119-231-1 .
  10. ↑ Kürschner's German Scholar Calendar. Saur 1996.
  11. ↑ The general secondary school. No. 2, 1981, p. 41.
  12. ↑ The general secondary school. No. 2, 1981, p. 41.
  13. ↑ The press. February 16, 2009, p. 6.
  14. ↑ Kürschner's German Scholar Calendar. Saur 1996.
  15. ↑ The press. February 16, 2009, p. 6.
  16. ↑ Federal President Dr. Fischer congratulates Councilor Dr. Austeda's birthday. on: ots.at , November 6, 2008.
personal data
SURNAME Austeda, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian civil servant, philosopher and educator
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 2009
Place of death Vienna