Dimitri Uznadze 424925 203686788 2008-04-06T05:37:24Z Olessi 220894 cat '''Dimitri Uznadze''' ('''დიმიტრი უზნაძე''' in [[Georgian language|Georgian]]. [[December 2]], [[1886]] - [[October 9]], [[1950]]) was a famous [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] psychologist, philosopher and public benefactor, founder of the Georgian scientific school of [[Psychology]], co-founder of the [[Tbilisi State University]] (TSU), [[Academician]] and co-founder of the [[Georgian Academy of Sciences]] (GAS), Meritorious Science Worker of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], Dr.Sci., Professor. === Life and works === Dimitri Uznadze was born in [[1886]], in small village [[Sakara]] (Western Georgia). In [[1904]] he graduated from the [[Georgian Gymnasium]] in [[Kutaisi]]. In [[1909]] Uznadze graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of the [[Leipzig University]] ([[Germany]]). In [[1910]] he received PhD degree at the [[University of Wittenberg]] ([[Halle, Saxony-Anhalt|Halle]], [[Germany]]). In 1910-1917 he was teacher of world history of the [[Kutaisi]] Georgian Gymnasium. In [[1918]] Uznadze co-founded the [[Tbilisi]] State University (TSU). Other founders of this University were outstanding Georgian scientists [[Ivane Javakhishvili]], [[Ekvtime Takaishvili]], [[Shalva Nutsubidze]], [[Akaki Shanidze]], [[Giorgi Akhvlediani]], [[Andria Razmadze]], [[Iosif Kipshidze]], [[Petre Melikishvili]], etc. In [[1918]] - [[1950]] Uznadze was Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology of TSU. In [[1935]] he received Dr.Sci. degree in Psychology (full doctor). In [[1941]] he co-founded the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS). In [[1941]] - [[1950]] he was first Director of the Institute of Psychology of the GAS (now the [[Uznadze Institute of Psychology]]). In [[1946]] Uznadze received title of Meritorious Science Worker of Georgia. Main fields of scientific activity of Dimitri Uznadze were: philosophy, history of philosophy, theory of upbringing, experimental pedagogics, etc. He was also author of well-known [[Theory of Attitude and Set]] and founder of Georgian school of the psychology of pedagogics. Uznadze's main scientific works are: "Wladimir Solowjow: seine Erkenntnistheorie und Metaphysik" (a monograph, in German, [[Halle, Saxony-Anhalt|Halle]], 1910); "Henri Bergson" (a monograph, in Russian, [[Tbilisi]], 1923); "Untersuchungen zur Psychologie der Einstellung" ("Acta Psychologica", Vol.IV, No.3, 1939, in German); "The Psychology of Set" (a monograph, in English, [[New York]], 1966); "Psychological Investigations" (In Russian, English summary, [[Moscow]], 1966). Uznadze died on [[October 9]], [[1950]], in Tbilisi. He is buried in the garden of the Tbilisi State University. === See also === * [[List of Georgians]] * [[List of psychologists]] === External links === * [http://www.acnet.ge/psycho.htm D.Uznadze Institute of Psychology] * [http://www.tsu.edu.ge Tbilisi State University] * [http://www.acnet.ge Georgian Academy of Sciences] {{BD|1886|1950|Uznadze, Dimitri}} [[Category:Georgian scientists]] [[Category:Georgian philosophers]] [[Category:Psychologists]] [[Category:Tbilisi State University faculty]] [[Category:University of Leipzig alumni]] [[Category:University of Halle-Wittenberg alumni]] [[cs:Dimitrij Nikolajevič Uznadze]] [[de:Dimitri Usnadse]] [[fr:Dimitri Ouznadzé]] [[ka:დიმიტრი უზნაძე]] [[ru:Узнадзе, Дмитрий Николаевич]]