Aron Gurwitsch
Aron Gurwitsch (; 17 January 1901, Vilnius , Vilna Governorate – 25 June 1973, Zurich ) was a Lithuanian Jews|Litvak United States|American Phenomenology (philosophy)|phenomenologist . Work. Gurwitsch wrote on the relations between phenomenology and Gestalt psychology , and in the problems of the organization of consciousness. In particular, he distinguished between the theme, the thematic context and the margin. This is the core of his theory of the Field of Consciousness. He also has his own theory of the noema, the horizon and the transcendental ego. Gurwitsch was an important influence for Merleau-Ponty . He taught at Brandeis University in the mid-1950s. He taught  at The New School|The New School For Social Research's Graduate Faculty of Social and Political Science from 1959 to 1973. Academic genealogy. He was a student of Moritz Geiger , among others. Notable students of Gurwitsch include Lester Embree and Henry E. Allison . External links. Category:1901 births Category:1973 deaths Category:Lithuanian Jews Category:American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Category:Jewish philosophers Category:20th-century Lithuanian philosophers Category:Phenomenologists