Franz Buggle

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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

Wikiquote: Franz Buggle  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Schmidt-Salomon in the Humanist Press Service: Obituary: An intrepid enlightener
personal data
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)