Theodor Elsenhans

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Theodor Elsenhans (1862-1918) was a German psychologist and neo-Kantian philosopher. [1]

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Life

Elsenhans started studying theology at the University of Tübingen, but became interested in philosophy. He received his doctorate in 1885. In 1902 he completed his Habilitationsschrift at Heidelberg University, with a monograph on Kant and the post-Kantian Jakob Friedrich Fries. In 1908 he took up a professorship at Dresden University, where he continued to work on epistemology. [1]

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  1. 1 2 Rodney Parker (2018). "Theodor Elsenhans". In Andrea Staiti; Evan Clarke (eds.). The Sources of Husserl's 'Ideas I'. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. pp. 13–15. ISBN   978-3-11-055159-4.