Walter Del-Negro

Walter Del-Negro (born August 1, 1898 , † August 15, 1984 ) was an Austrian philosopher and geologist.

Life

Walter Del Negro was the youngest of three brothers. He grew up in his parents' estate Emslieb in Morzg in the south of the city of Salzburg and attended high school in Salzburg, where the always outstanding student graduated with distinction in 1916 . In 1916/17 he studied first in Vienna, then in Innsbruck. His studies included philosophy, history, art history, geography and geology.

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Del-Negro wrote six philosophical monographs and 34 essays. There are also publications from the fields of geography and art history. In the 1930s he sympathized with National Socialism , which u. a. in the publication "The Philosophy of the Present in Germany" from 1942.

His geoscientific publications show a particular interest in the construction of the Northern Limestone Alps. At the age of 80, he carried out field studies in the Gaisberg group himself. He gained the attention of a wider circle through the book on geology published in 1950.

Fonts (selection)

philosophy

The role of fictions in Friedrich Nietzsche's epistemology, Munich 1923
The sense of knowing, Munich 1926
The philosophy of the present in Germany. Leipzig: Mine, 1942
Convergences in contemporary philosophy and modern physics, Berlin 1970
Hans Vaihinger's philosophical work with special consideration of his Kant research, in: Kantstudien 42 (1937), 316–327

geology

Outline of the geology of Austria, Vienna 1977
Walter Del-Negro: Geology of the State of Salzburg, 3rd edition 1984

A list of the 49 geological and related publications as well as the philosophical writings is contained in the obituary written by Benno Plöchinger in the yearbook of the Federal Geological Institute 127/1985.

Individual evidence

↑ See, for example, Michael Hänel: Ernst Cassirer's Struggle for Memory - in Exile and Before , in: Hartmut Lehmann, Otto Gerhard Oexle (Ed.): National Socialism in the Cultural Studies , Volume 2, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2004, p. 319 -350, here 331ff.

Web links

Literature by and about Walter Del-Negro in the catalog of the German National Library
Obituary by Günter Frasl, in: Mitt, österr. Geol. Ges. 78 (1985), pp. 361-363 (PDF; 267 kB)

personal data
SURNAME	Del-Negro, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian philosopher and geologist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 1, 1898
DATE OF DEATH	August 15, 1984

[1] See, for example, Michael Hänel: Ernst Cassirer's Struggle for Memory - in Exile and Before , in: Hartmut Lehmann, Otto Gerhard Oexle (Ed.): National Socialism in the Cultural Studies , Volume 2, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2004, p. 319 -350, here 331ff.