| Josip Weissgerber | |
| Birth Date: | 4 May 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Vinkovci |
| Death Date: | 18 April 1985 |
| Death Place: | Zagreb |
| Nationality: | Croat |
| Occupation: | Jesuit, philosopher, writer, missionary |
| Education: | Ph.D. in Psychology and Philosophy |
| Alma Mater: | University of Zagreb, Catholic University of Leuven |
| Notable Works: | Zvona velike subote, U svjetlu metahistorije, Osnovni zakon svemira, Psihologija, Sir Thomas More – Engleski Sokrat, and more |
| Known For: | Contributions to psychology, philosophy, and theology |
Josip Weissgerber (4 May 1922 – 18 April 1985), was a Croatian Jesuit, philosopher, writer and missionary.[1]
Born in Slavonian town Vinkovci, Weissgerber attended the classical gymnasium in Travnik after which he graduated theology, psychology, germanistics, anglistics and French Studies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb. He obtained a doctorate in psychology (1970) and philosophy (1972) at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.[2]
Weissberger lectured experimental psychology, history of philosophy, anthropology, onthology, anthropological philosophy and theodicy at the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology (1969–81) as well as experimental psychology at the Catholic Faculty of Theology in Zagreb (1691–71).[2] He also held marriage advising seminaries.
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His scientific articles in psychology, anthropology, philosophy, communicology and theology were published in Obnovljeni Život, Bogoslovska smotra and Crkva u svijetu. He was a missionary in England, pastoral worker in Germany and Belgium. In 1981 he went in the mission in Zambia where he lectured anthropology, history of the contemporary philosophy, onthology and cosmology at the Mpima Seminary.[2] He was a missionary in Zaire as well.[2]