Richard Hönigswald

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Richard Hönigswald

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Richard Hönigswald's Degrees

• PhD Philosophy University of Vienna

Why Is Richard Hönigswald Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Richard Hönigswald was a well-known philosopher belonging to the wider circle of neo-Kantianism. Biography Hönigswald studied medicine and philosophy under Alois Riehl and Alexius von Meinong and from 1916 was professor of philosophy, psychology and pedagogy in Breslau . There he supervised Norbert Elias's doctorate up to its conclusion in 1924. He also influenced Hans-Georg Gadamer towards philosophy after the latter attended a seminar Hönigswald conducted on the philosophy of language. From 1930 he was a professor at Munich. The emphasis of his work lay on the theory of cognition from the point of view of validation and the philosophy of language. Beyond that, Hönigswald tried to develop a method of teaching that would be applicable to the natural sciences and the humanities equally. He also dealt with questions of the psychology of thought and of pedagogy.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Richard Hönigswald?

Richard Hönigswald is affiliated with the following schools:

• Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Marburg
• Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
• University of Wrocław
• University of Chicago
• University of Bonn
• University of Vienna