Alejandro Korn lived from 1860 to 1936 and was an Argentine psychiatrist, philosopher, reformist and politician born in San Vicente, Buenos Aires Province. Regarded as a pioneer of Argentine and Latin American philosophy, he directed a psychiatric hospital for eighteen years and later became the first Latin American university official elected by student vote as he led university reform efforts; his philosophical work, developed in opposition to positivism, emphasized creative freedom and axiology, the theory of values, and he was counted among the five wise men of La Plata's cultural renaissance.
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Defining MomentElected dean by the students of the Philosophy Faculty at the University of Buenos Aires during the 1918 University Reform 1 Notable Publication Office HeldDirector of Melchor Romero psychiatric hospital 1 BirthplaceSan Vicente, Buenos Aires 1 Tradition
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Alejandro Korn (3 May 1860 – 9 October 1936) was an Argentine psychiatrist, philosopher, reformist and politician.
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3 May 1860
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San Vicente, Buenos Aires
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La Plata, Argentina
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Antipositivism
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Axiologia (1930)
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Korn acted as director of Melchor Romero Hospital until 1916, when he resigned from the title
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he was elected dean by the students of the Philosophy Faculty in the University of Buenos Aires, a title he held until 1921
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Alejandro Korn (3 May 1860-9 October 1936) was an Argentine psychiatrist, philosopher, reformist and politician.
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Axiology, freedom, history of Argentine philosophy
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Alejandro Korn (3 May 1860-9 October 1936) was an Argentine psychiatrist, philosopher, reformist and politician.
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