# Theodor Elsenhans

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German psychologist and neo-Kantian philosopher (1862-1918)

**Theodor Elsenhans** (German: [\[ˈɛlzənhans\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German); 7 March 1862 – 3 January 1918) was a German psychologist and [neo-Kantian](/source/Neo-Kantian) philosopher.[1] He was born in [Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart) and died in [Dresden](/source/Dresden).

## Life

Elsenhans started studying theology at the [University of Tübingen](/source/University_of_T%C3%BCbingen), but became interested in philosophy. He received his doctorate in 1885. In 1902 he completed his [Habilitationsschrift](/source/Habilitationsschrift) at [Heidelberg University](/source/Heidelberg_University), with a monograph on [Kant](/source/Kant) and the post-Kantian [Jakob Friedrich Fries](/source/Jakob_Friedrich_Fries). In 1908 he took up a professorship at [Dresden University](/source/TU_Dresden), where he continued to work on [epistemology](/source/Epistemology).[1]

## Works

- *Psychologie und Logik zur Einführung in die Philosophie: für Oberklassen höherer Schulen und zum Selbststudium*[Psychology 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* [The nature and origin of conscience: a psyschology of ethics], 1894.

- *Das Kant-Friesische Problem* [The Kant-Fries problem], 1902.

- *Lehrbuch der psychologie* [Handbook of psychology], 1912

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-StaitiClarke2018_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-StaitiClarke2018_1-1) Rodney Parker (2018). ["Theodor Elsenhans"](https://books.google.com/books?id=n5NdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA13). In Andrea Staiti; Evan Clarke (eds.). *The Sources of Husserl's 'Ideas I'*. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. pp. 13–15. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-11-055159-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-11-055159-4).

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