Moritz Alfred Geiger philosophical manuscripts

Collection — Box: 1-2

Identifier: MS-0055

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Manuscripts, circa 1929-1937, in German and English, of Moritz Geiger, concerning aesthetics, the phenomenology of psychology, and the philosophy of science; shorter addresses include "Progress", "Democracy and Culture", and "The Challenge to Think." Also included is a typescript titled "Jaspers Kritik", apparently by Martin Heidegger, and a memorandum, "Die Manuskripte Edmund Husserls."

Dates

1929-1937

Creator

Geiger, Moritz (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English and German.

Terms of Access

Moritz Alfred Geiger philosophical manuscripts, 1929-1937, are open for research.

Copyright

Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.

Biographical Note

Moritz Alfred Geiger was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and received his Ph.D. in 1904 from Universität München. He was on the faculty at Universität München and later at Universität Göttingen. Dismissed from the Universität Göttingen in 1933 for political reasons, Geiger joined the faculty of Vassar College in 1934 as chairman of the Philosophy Department. Geiger was a leading authority on descriptive phenomenology.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (2 manuscript boxes)

Additional Description

Abstract

Manuscripts concerning aesthetics, the phenomenology of psychology, and the philosophy of science; shorter addresses include "Progress", "Democracy and Culture", and "The Challenge to Think." Also included is a typescript titled "Jaspers Kritik", apparently by Martin Heidegger, and a memorandum, "Die Manuskripte Edmund Husserls."

Arrangement

This collection is not organized into series.

Acquisition Information

The Geiger manuscripts were deposited in the Library of the University of Buffalo by Moritz Geiger's widow, Elisabeth Geiger, via Herbert Spiegelberg, circa 1941. These manuscripts were transferred to the University Archives with the records of Philosophy and Phenomenology Review in 1981.