Alejandro Korn

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Alejandro Korn
Born	3 May 1860 (1860-05-03) San Vicente, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	October 9, 1936(1936-10-09) (aged 76) La Plata, Argentina
Resting place	La Plata Cemetery
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western Philosophy
School	Antipositivism 1918 University Reform
Main interests	Axiology, freedom, history of Argentine philosophy
Notable ideas	Creative freedom, Latin American philosophy, Value as the ideal answer to real disvalue

Alejandro Korn (3 May 1860 – 9 October 1936) was an Argentine psychiatrist, philosopher, reformist and politician. For eighteen years, he was the director of the psychiatry hospital in Melchor Romero (a locality of La Plata in Buenos Aires). He was the first university official in Latin America to be elected thanks to the student's vote. He is considered to be the pioneer of Argentine philosophy. Along with Florentino Ameghino, Juan Vucetich, Almafuerte and Carlos Spegazzini, he is considered to be one of the five wise men of La Plata.