Richard Wisser

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Richard Wisser (born January 5, 1927 in Worms ; † March 12, 2019 ibid) was a German philosopher .

Richard Wisser. Signature 1995

Life

Wisser studied philosophy , psychology and comparative cultural studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and at a university in Córdoba (Argentina) . In 1954, he was with a thesis on Leibniz and Vico at Fritz-Joachim von Rintelen at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz doctorate . He was then a research assistant there. In 1965/66 he completed his habilitation in philosophy. In 1971 he was appointed professor. In his research and teaching, he mainly dealt with the philosophies of Martin Heidegger and Karl Jaspers .

From 1952 to 1958, Wisser was a board member of the General Society for Philosophy in Germany .

In 1992, Wisser was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit. In 2007 he was awarded the Ring of Honor of the City of Worms , among other things for his contribution to the Worms Memorandum . In 2017 he received a Croatian State Order.

Publications (selection)

  • Meaning and being. A philosophical symposium. Fritz Joachim v. Dedicated to Rintelen. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1960.
  • Integritas. Spiritual change and human reality. Dedicated to Karl Holzamer. (Ed. With Dieter Stolte ) Rainer Wunderlich Verlag Hermann Leins, Tübingen 1966.
  • Responsibility through the ages. Practice in intellectual action: Jaspers, Buber, CF v. Weizsäcker, Guardini, Heidegger. From Hase & Koehler Verlag, Mainz 1967.
  • Martin Heidegger in conversation. Karl Alber, Freiburg i. Br. / Munich 1970 (translations into English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish and Japanese). ISBN 3-495-47188-X .
  • Martin Heidegger - Thinking on the move. Symposium in the 10th year of death. Karl Alber, Freiburg i. Br. / Munich 1987. ISBN 3-495-47631-8 .
  • Karl Jaspers - philosophy in practice. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1995.
  • Philosophical guidance. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1996.
  • No one is the same - the spectrum and aspects of “critical-crisis anthropology”. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1997.
  • On the way - character of philosophical thought. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1998.
  • Transitions - ways to the essence in poems. Hager, Stolzalpe 2012.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Josef Schork and Professor Dr. Richard Wisser awarded the ring of honor. (PDF) Worms city administration, accessed on July 13, 2015 .
  2. ^ Petra Giegerich: Richard Wisser awarded the Croatian State Order. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, press release from April 11, 2017 at the Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on April 11, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Wisser, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Worms
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 2019
Place of death Worms