Franz Buggle
Franz Buggle (born August 18, 1933 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † January 12, 2011 in Au near Freiburg ) was a German psychologist and critic of religion .
Buggle studied psychology, philosophy, education and economics in Freiburg and Munich . From 1958 to 1963 he was a research assistant at the Psychological Institute in Freiburg and did his doctorate with its founder Robert Heiss . He then became a lecturer at the University of Hamburg at the chair of Peter Hofstätter .
In 1974, after an interim position as professor for developmental and social psychology at the University of Regensburg , he became a full professor at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg , where he retired in 1998.
In his work , which is critical of religion, Because they do not know what they believe. Or why one can honestly no longer be a Christian (1992), he examined the Bible and came to the conclusion that it was "in its central parts a violently inhumane book, unsuitable as the basis of ethics that are responsible today ".
He was also a member of the Advisory Board of the International Federation of Non-Denominational and Atheists (IBKA) and the Scientific Advisory Board of the Giordano Bruno Foundation . In 2004 Buggle received the Ludwig Feuerbach Prize , which is awarded by the Association for Freedom of the Spirit (Augsburg).
Buggle died on January 12, 2011 at the age of 77 in Au near Freiburg.
Publications
- Today's German University Students: An Empirical Study of Philosophical Attitudes . Hain, Meisenheim am Glan 1965
- Psychology: subject, methodology, social framework . Habel, Darmstadt 1974, ISBN 3-87179-061-3
- The developmental psychology of Jean Piaget . 4th edition. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-017052-X
- Because they don't know what they believe or why one cannot honestly be a Christian anymore. A polemic. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1992, ISBN 3-498-00561-8 ; Revised and expanded new edition. Alibri, Aschaffenburg 2004, ISBN 3-932710-77-0 ; Revised new edition ibid 2012, ISBN 978-3-86569-077-7 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Buggle in the catalog of the German National Library
- Awarding of the Ludwig Feuerbach Prize of the Federation for Freedom of the Spirit Augsburg to Prof. Dr. Franz Buggle
- Book review of "Because They Don't Know What They Believe"
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Schmidt-Salomon in the Humanist Press Service: Obituary: An intrepid enlightener
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Buggle, Franz |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German psychologist and critic of religion |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1933 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg in Breisgau |
DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 2011 |
Place of death | Au (Breisgau) |