Hans Larsson

Hans Larsson (18 February 1862 in Östra Klagstorp, Malmöhus län – 16 February 1944, Lund) was a Swedish Professor of Philosophy at Lund University, Sweden and a Member of the Swedish Academy (1925-1944), chair no. 15. He was known in Sweden as Kloke-Hans ("Clever Hans").[1]

Hans Larsson c. 1910.

Prof. Larsson was a humanist and an author. He was also a mentor for several Swedish authors and a prominent essayist.

Biography

Hans Larsson's tombstone on Norra kyrkogården i Lund

Prof. Larsson was the son of the farmer Lars Persson and Kersti Nilsdotter, and cousin of author Ola Hansson. After studentexamen in 1881 he began his studies at Lund University. He received his Bachelor of Arts in 1888. In 1893 he received the titles Licentiate of Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy and Docent in Theoretical Philosophy with a doctoral dissertation entitled Kants transcendentala deduktion af kategorierna ("The transcendental deduction of categories in Kant").

In 1884 he taught at the Folk high school in Kronobergs län. In 1899-1901 he taught at Uppsala Högre Allmänna Läroverk after having gained the docent title of theoretical philosophy at Uppsala University. In 1901 he became a Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at Lund University, a position he remained in until he became an emeritus in 1927. Two years before his retirement he was elected a Member of the Swedish Academy.

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

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 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

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Cultural offices
Preceded by Gottfrid Billing	Swedish Academy, Seat No.15 1925–1944	Succeeded by Elin Wägner

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