Theodor Elsenhans (; 7 March 1862 – 3 January 1918) was a German psychologist and

neo-Kantian In late modern philosophy, neo-Kantianism () was a revival of the 18th-century philosophy of Immanuel Kant. The neo-Kantians sought to develop and clarify Kant's theories, particularly his concept of the thing-in-itself and his moral philosophy ...

philosopher. He was born in

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and died in

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Life

Elsenhans started studying theology at the

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, but became interested in philosophy. He received his doctorate in 1885. In 1902 he completed his

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, with a monograph on

Kant Immanuel Kant (born Emanuel Kant; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, et ...

and the post-Kantian

Jakob Friedrich Fries Jakob Friedrich Fries (; ; 23 August 1773 – 10 August 1843) was a German post-Kantian Terry Pinkard, ''German Philosophy 1760-1860: The Legacy of Idealism'', Cambridge University Press, 2002, pp. 199–212. philosopher and mathematician. Bio ...

. In 1908 he took up a professorship at Dresden University, where he continued to work on

epistemology Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature, origin, and limits of knowledge. Also called "the theory of knowledge", it explores different types of knowledge, such as propositional knowledge about facts, practical knowle ...

Works

* ''Psychologie und Logik zur Einführung in die Philosophie: für Oberklassen höherer Schulen und zum Selbststudium'' sychology and logic as an introduction to philosophy: for upper secondary school classes and for self-study 1890 * ''Wesen und Entstehung des Gewissens: Eine Psychologie der Ethik'' he nature and origin of conscience: a psyschology of ethics 1894. * ''Das Kant-Friesische Problem'' he Kant-Fries problem 1902. * ''Lehrbuch der psychologie'' andbook of psychology 1912

References

1862 births 1918 deaths German psychologists 19th-century German philosophers 20th-century German philosophers {{Germany-philosopher-stub