Franziska Mayer-Hillebrand

Franziska Mayer-Hillebrand (born August 10, 1885 in Weidling , Austria-Hungary , † March 29, 1978 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian psychologist .

Life

Franziska Mayer-Hillebrand was born in Weidling near Vienna in 1885 as the daughter of the Austrian general Josef Reicher . In 1914 she began studying philosophy and psychology with a minor in biology and was awarded her doctorate in 1919 as the second doctoral student at the University of Innsbruck. Her doctoral thesis The non-real as fiction had Alfred Kastil care.

In 1920 she married Franz Hillebrand and worked in the following years in experimental psychology at his psychological institute at the University of Innsbruck , later especially in the field of optical perception. Two years after Hillebrand's death, Franziska Hillebrand married Carl Mayer in 1928, the head of the Neurological and Psychiatric University Clinic in Innsbruck. On October 29, 1932, she completed her habilitation with the support of Alfred Kastil and the physiologist Brücke at the Philosophical Faculty with three papers on sensory physiology; after Martha Moers, also a psychologist, she was the second woman to do her habilitation at the University of Innsbruck. In 1943 he was appointed adjunct professor , the appointment as a. o. Professor took place on October 1, 1948.

During the time of National Socialism , she was able to continue teaching. Franziska Mayer-Hillebrand joined the NSDAP on November 1, 1939 (membership no. 7.253.475). However, in a self-portrayal that played down this time, she claimed that she had not read the lecture “Introduction to Racial Psychology” for reasons of illness. After the Second World War, Hubert Rohracher stood up for her very much and urged her to apply for a discharge before the new National Socialist Act was passed. In the summer of 1947 she received a “de-registration notice” from the competent authority in Innsbruck .

Her teaching activity lasted until 1960. 1951/52 she was visiting professor at Northwestern University in Evanston in Illinois in the USA .

plant

After the death of her second husband in 1936, she turned to art psychological work.

In 1950 she took over the work on Franz Brentano's estate from Alfred Kastil and published a total of 6 volumes from the Brentano estate by 1966.

Fonts (selection)

• Franziska Hillebrand (1927). About the apparent shortening of the route in indirect vision. Journal of Sensory Physiology, 59 .
• Franziska Hillebrand (1932). The apparent size of the things seen. Journal of Sensory Physiology .
• Franziska Mayer-Hillebrand (1934). About the apparent distance or depth of view. Journal of Psychology, 133 .
• Franziska Mayer-Hillebrand (1942). The geometrical-optical illusions as effects of generally applicable laws of perception. Journal of Psychology, 152 .
• Franziska Mayer-Hillebrand (1944). The perspective in psychological terms. Viennese magazine for philosophy, psychology, education, 1.
• Franziska Mayer-Hillebrand (1975). Self-presentation. In Ludwig J. Pongratz (editor), philosophy in self-portrayals . Volume II (pp. 224-269). Hamburg: Felix Meiner.

As a Brentano editor

• Foundation and structure of ethics (1952)
• Religion and Philosophy (1954)
• The Doctrine of Correct Judgment (1956)
• Basics of Aesthetics (1959)
• History of Greek Philosophy (1963)
• Turning away from the unreal (1966)

literature

• Sabine Gaspari: Mayer-Hillebrand, Franziska. In: Brigitta Keintzel, Ilse Korotin (ed.): Scientists in and from Austria. Life - work - work. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2002, ISBN 3-205-99467-1 , pp. 492–495.

Web links

• Literature by and about Franziska Mayer-Hillebrand in the catalog of the German National Library
• Biography and list of works ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Philosophy in self-portrayals , Hamburg 1975.
2. ↑ Psychology and National Socialism: The Institute for Experimental Psychology at the University of Innsbruck. [1]