Hans Larsson (18 February 1862 in Östra Klagstorp, Malmöhus län – 16 February 1944,

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) was a

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Professor of

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and a Member of the

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(1925-1944), chair no. 15. He was known in Sweden as ''Kloke-Hans'' ("Clever Hans").Anders Wedberg, article in ''Svenska män och Kvinnor 4'' (Stockholm: 1948) Prof. Larsson was a

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and an

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. He was also a mentor for several Swedish authors and a prominent

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Biography

Prof. Larsson was the son of the farmer Lars Persson and Kersti Nilsdotter, and cousin of author

Ola Hansson Ola Hansson (12 November 1860, Hönsinge, Sweden – 26 September 1925, Büyükdere, Turkey) was a Swedish poet, prose writer, and critic. Biography Hansson published his first works, ''Dikter'' ("''Poems''") in 1884 and ''Notturno'' in 1 ...

. After ''

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'' in 1881 he began his studies at

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in 1888. In 1893 he received the titles Licentiate of Philosophy,

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and

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with a doctoral dissertation entitled ''Kants transcendentala deduktion af kategorierna'' ("The transcendental deduction of categories in

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"). In 1884 he taught at the

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. In 1899-1901 he taught at Uppsala Högre Allmänna Läroverk after having gained the

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title of

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. In 1901 he became a Professor of

at Lund University, a position he remained in until he became an

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in 1927. Two years before his retirement he was elected a Member of the

. In 1905 he married Johanna Pålsson. Prof. Larsson is buried on Norra kyrkogården in Lund.

Bibliography

* Intuition 1892 * Kants transscendentala deduktion af kategorierna 1893 * Lärobok i psykologi på empirisk grund 1896 * Enkla och sammansatta stämningar i dikten 1898 * Studier och meditationer 1899 * Poesiens logik 1899 * Viljans frihet 1899 * Gränsen mellan sensation och emotion 1899 * Sveriges historia i dess sammanhang med Norges och Danmarks jämte notiser ur världshistorien 1903 * Idéer och makter 1908 * Om bildning och självstudier 1908 * Kunskapslivet 1909 * På vandring 1909 * Rousseau och Pestalozzi i våra dagars pedagogiska brytningar 1910 * Reflexioner för dagen 1911 * Intuitionsproblemet 1912 * Evighetsfilosofien i Platons Faidon 1912 * Platon och vår tid 1913 * Logik 1914 * Vänstersynpunkter 1914 * Dagens frågor 1914 * Filosofien och politiken 1915 * Hemmabyarna 1916 * Athena 1917 * Nationalitetsprincipens eventuella tillämpning vid det blivande fredsslutet 1917 * Idéerna i Stabberup 1918 * Under världskrisen 1920 * Den intellektuella åskådningens filosofi 1920 * Den grekiska filosofien 1921 * Skolformer och skolkurser 1922 * Filosofiska uppsatser 1924 * Per Ståstdräng och de andra 1924 * Filosofiens historia i korta drag 1924 * Etisk diskussion 1925 * Litteraturintryck 1926 * Minne av Gottfrid Billing 1926 * Minnesteckning över Christopher Jacob Broström 1930 * Om själen 1930 * Spinoza 1931 * Gemenskap 1932 * Minimum 1935 *

Emilia Fogelklou Emilia Maria Fogelklou-Norlind (20 July 1878 in Simrishamn - 26 September 1972 in Uppsala, Sweden) was a Swedish pacifist, theologian, feminist, author and lecturer. She was the first woman in Sweden to receive a bachelor’s degree in theology, a ...

1935 * Per Axel Samuel Herrlin 1938 * Postscriptum 1944 * Nilsson, Signe: Bidrag till en Bibliografi över Professor Hans Larssons Skrifter. In: Festskrift tillägned Hans Larsson, Stockholm 1927

Awards

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(1920).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Larsson, Hans Swedish philosophers Academic staff of Lund University Members of the Swedish Academy 1862 births 1944 deaths