Richard Herbertz

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Richard Herbertz (born August 15, 1878 in Cologne , † October 7, 1959 in Thun ) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bern .

life and work

The son of an industrialist studied chemistry, philosophy and physics in Bonn and Strasbourg . He was a member of the Corps Hansea Bonn (1897) and Rhenania Strasbourg (1898). He received his doctorate in 1905 and completed his habilitation in Bonn in 1907.

From 1910 to 1948 he was a full professor of general philosophy in Bern. Herbertz stood in the tradition of Fichte and Hegel and their thinking, which was committed to the individual. In 1919 Walter Benjamin received his doctorate with the dissertation The Concept of Art Criticism in German Romanticism . From the 1920s onwards, Herbertz, who also held a chair in psychology, increasingly devoted himself to questions of criminal psychology . In 1939 he received Swiss citizenship .

Friedrich Dürrenmatt , who studied philosophy in Bern from 1943 to 1946, described the unconventional professor in the second part of his material .

Fonts

  • The theory of the unconscious in Leibniz's system . Niemeyer, Halle 1905; Olms, Hildesheim 1980, ISBN 3-487-06778-1
  • Conscious and unconscious. Investigation of a borderline question in psychology with a historical introduction . Du Mont-Schauberg, Cologne 1908
  • The philosophical literature. A study guide . Spemann, Stuttgart 1912
  • The problem of truth in Greek philosophy . Reimer, Berlin 1913
  • Prolegomena to a realistic logic . Niemeyer, Halle 1916
  • The original philosophical experience . Birchner, Bern 1921
  • The psychology of the unconscious . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1932

literature

  • Alexander Weber: Herbertz, Richard. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  • Philipp W. Balsiger: Richard Herbertz (1878-1959). Life, work and effect . Diss. Phil., Bern 1989
  • Hans E. Gerber: The professor with claustrophobia. Reminiscences from the history of the University of Bern. In: Unipress intern . University of Bern, 1995

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 11 , 336
  2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 100 , 179
  3. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 11 , 336; 100 , 179
  4. ^ Friedrich Dürrenmatt: The house . In: Tower building. Fabrics IV-IX , Zurich 1990, p. 114ff.

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personal data
SURNAME Herbertz, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1959
Place of death Tuna