Theodor Elsenhans
Theodor Elsenhans (born March 7, 1862 in Stuttgart , † January 3, 1918 in Dresden ) was a German philosopher, psychologist and educator.
Life
Theodor Elsenhans, the son of the Stuttgart gymnastics teacher August Friedrich Elsenhans (1827–1883) and his wife Pauline Elsenhans, b. Hess, completed the Protestant theological seminar in Schöntal and then studied theology in Tübingen . In 1885 he obtained his doctorate phil. From 1891 he was pastor in Riedlingen , but stuck to philosophy. Because Elsenhans went as a lecturer in psychology and philosophy of Heidelberg and his habilitation in 1902 with a thesis on "The Kant - Fries ical problem". The habilitation thesis appeared in 1906 perfected under the title "Fries and Kant". From 1908 Elsenhans worked as a full professor for philosophy and education at the Royal Saxon Technical University in Dresden . He gave his inaugural lecture in Saxony the title “The prerequisites for science without preconditions”. Theodor Elsenhans was rector of the Dresden educational institution for technicians from 1916 to 1917.
Elsanhans died in Dresden in January 1918. He found his final resting place in the family grave in the Prague cemetery in Stuttgart .
family
Theodor Elsenhans married Berta Häberlein, the daughter of the senior medical officer in Riedlingen, in 1895.
Works (selection)
- Essence and origin of conscience. A psychology of ethics. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1894
- Introspection and Experiment in Psychology. Its scope and its limits. JCB Mohr, Tuebingen 1897
- Kant's Theory of Race and its Enduring Significance. An addendum to the Kant commemoration. 52 pages. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1904.
- Fries and Kant. A contribution to history and the systematic foundation of epistemology. Reprint of the original Gießen 1906 edition. 347 pages. Severus-Verlag, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-942382-36-6
- Character building . 136 pages. Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1908
- Artur Buchenau (edit.): Theodor Elsenhans: Psychology and logic for an introduction to philosophy. For upper classes of higher schools and for self-study. 144 pages. De Gruyter, Berlin 1921 (also Göschen 14 collection, Leipzig)
- Artur Buchenau (edit.): Theodor Elsenhans: Psychology and logic for an introduction to philosophy. 144 pages. De Gruyter, Berlin 1925
- Hans Walter Gruhle (Ed.), Fritz Giese (Editing): Theodor Elsenhans: Textbook of Psychology. 588 pages, JCB Mohr (Mohr Siebeck Verlag), Tübingen 1939
Honor
- In memory of Theodor Elsenhans. Dr. phil. ord. Professor of philosophy; born in Stuttgart on March 7, 1862, died in Dresden on January 3, 1918. 13 pages, Mayer, Maulbronn 1918
literature
- Edith Selow: Elsenhans, Theodor. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 464 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Theodor Elsenhans in the catalog of the German National Library
- Theodor Elsenhans at Zeno.org
- Literature in the SWB
- Theodor Elsenhans ( memento from April 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) at Personen-wiki.slub-dresden.de
- Entries in The Online Books Page
- Photo at tu-dresden.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry at HathiTrust
- ^ Entry at HathiTrust
- ^ Entry at HathiTrust
- ↑ online in the Internet Archive
- ^ Verlag Alfred Töpelmann (1867-1954), Gießen 1906: online at HathiTrust
- ^ Entry at HathiTrust
- ↑ Ed. 1904: online in Project Gutenberg
- ↑ Entry in HathiTrust for the 1912 edition
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Elsenhans, Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philosopher, psychologist and educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 1918 |
| Place of death | Dresden |