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Meinong, Alexius, Ritter von Handschuchsheim
© Copyright Alexius Meinong Ritter* von Handschuchsheim, photo around 1900 Meinong, Alexius, Ritter* von Handschuchsheim, b. Lvív, Ukraine (then Lemberg), July 17, 1853, d. Graz (Styria), Nov. 27, 1920, philosopher. 1882 professor at the University in Graz, in 1894 established the first laboratory of experimental psychology in Graz. Founder of the theory of objects, which became the starting point for Gestalt psychology and strongly influenced phenomenology. Publications: Über philosoph. Wiss. und ihre Propädeutik, 1885; Psycholog.-ethische Untersuchung zur Werttheorie, 1894; Untersuchung zur Gegenstandstheorie, 1904; Gesammelte Abhandlungen, 2 vols., 1913/1914; Über Möglichkeit und Wahrscheinlichkeit, 1915. - Edition: Gesamtausgabe, ed. by R. Haller and R. Kindinger, 7 vols., 1968-1978. Literature: R. Haller and M. Fabian, A. M. und die Schule der Gegenstandstheorie, in: Tradition und Herausforderung, 1985.
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