Name Aron Gurwitsch | ||
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Died June 25, 1973, Zurich, Switzerland Books Field of consciousness Similar People Alfred Schutz, Kurt Goldstein, Harold Garfinkel, Michael Polanyi | ||
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Aron Gurwitsch (Russian: Аро́н Гу́рвич; January 17, 1901, Vilnius, Vilna Governorate – June 25, 1973, Zurich) was a Litvak American phenomenologist.
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Work
Gurwitsch wrote on the relations between phenomenology and Gestalt psychology. He taught at The New School For Social Research's Graduate Faculty of Social and Political Science from 1959 to 1973. He is also known for his theory of the Field of Consciousness.
Academic genealogy
He was a student of Moritz Geiger, among others. Notable students of Gurwitsch include Lester Embree and Henry E. Allison.
References
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