SettingsAustrian philosophers
Adam Tanner (mathematician)
Adam Tanner (in Latin, Tannerus) (April 14, 1572 – May 25, 1632) was an Austrian Jesuit professor of mathematics and philosophy.
Adam Tanner (in Latin, Tannerus) (April 14, 1572 – May 25, 1632) was an Austrian Jesuit professor of mathematics and philosophy.
Alexius Meinong
Alexius Meinong (17 July 1853, Lemberg, Austria (now L'viv, Ukraine) - 27 November 1920, Graz, Austria) was an Austrian philosopher, a realist known for his unique ontology.
Alexius Meinong (17 July 1853, Lemberg, Austria (now L'viv, Ukraine) - 27 November 1920, Graz, Austria) was an Austrian philosopher, a realist known for his unique ontology.
Alfred Kastil
Alfred Kastil ka:stil
May 12, 1874, Graz - July 20, 1950, Schönbühel/Danube, Niederösterreich was an Austrian-German philosopher.
Alfred Kastil ka:stil
May 12, 1874, Graz - July 20, 1950, Schönbühel/Danube, Niederösterreich was an Austrian-German philosopher.
Alfred Schütz
Alfred Schütz was an Austrian social scientist, whose work bridged sociological and phenomenological traditions to form a social phenomenology, and who is gradually achieving recognition a...
Alfred Schütz was an Austrian social scientist, whose work bridged sociological and phenomenological traditions to form a social phenomenology, and who is gradually achieving recognition a...
Alois Riehl
The philosopher Alois Adolf Riehl (27 April 1844 – 21 November 1924) was born in Bozen (Bolzano) in Austria (now in Italy).
The philosopher Alois Adolf Riehl (27 April 1844 – 21 November 1924) was born in Bozen (Bolzano) in Austria (now in Italy).
André Gorz
André Gorz (February 9, 1923, Vienna – September 22, 2007, Vosnon, France), pen name of Gérard Horst, born Gerhard Hirsch, also known by his pen name Michel Bosquet, was ...
André Gorz (February 9, 1923, Vienna – September 22, 2007, Vosnon, France), pen name of Gérard Horst, born Gerhard Hirsch, also known by his pen name Michel Bosquet, was ...
Anton Günther
Anton Günther (17 November 1783, Cvikov, Bohemia – 24 February 1863) was an Austrian Roman Catholic philosopher whose work was condemned by the church as heretical tritheism.
Anton Günther (17 November 1783, Cvikov, Bohemia – 24 February 1863) was an Austrian Roman Catholic philosopher whose work was condemned by the church as heretical tritheism.
Christian von Ehrenfels
Christian von Ehrenfels was an Austrian philosopher, and is known as one of the founders and precursors of Gestalt psychology.
Christian von Ehrenfels was an Austrian philosopher, and is known as one of the founders and precursors of Gestalt psychology.
Edmund Husserl
Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl was a philosopher and mathematician and the founder of the 20th century philosophical school of phenomenology.
Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl was a philosopher and mathematician and the founder of the 20th century philosophical school of phenomenology.
Egon Friedell
Egon Friedell born Egon Friedmann, 21 January 1878, in Vienna, died 16 March 1938, in Vienna, was a prominent Austrian philosopher, historian, journalist, actor, cabaret performer and thea...
Egon Friedell born Egon Friedmann, 21 January 1878, in Vienna, died 16 March 1938, in Vienna, was a prominent Austrian philosopher, historian, journalist, actor, cabaret performer and thea...
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
Erik Maria Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddihn was an Austrian Catholic nobleman and socio-political theorist.
Erik Maria Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddihn was an Austrian Catholic nobleman and socio-political theorist.
Ernst Mach
Ernst Mach was an Austrian physicist and philosopher, noted for his contributions to physics such as the Mach number and the study of shock waves.
Ernst Mach was an Austrian physicist and philosopher, noted for his contributions to physics such as the Mach number and the study of shock waves.
Ernst Mally
Ernst Mally (11 October 1879 - 8 March 1944) was an Austrian philosopher affiliated with the so-called Graz School of phenomenology.
Ernst Mally (11 October 1879 - 8 March 1944) was an Austrian philosopher affiliated with the so-called Graz School of phenomenology.
Felix Weltsch
Felix Weltsch, Dr. jur et phil., was a German-speaking Jewish librarian, philosopher, author, editor, publisher and journalist.
Felix Weltsch, Dr. jur et phil., was a German-speaking Jewish librarian, philosopher, author, editor, publisher and journalist.
Ferdinand Ebner
Ferdinand Ebner, was an Austrian elementary school teacher and philosopher.
Ferdinand Ebner, was an Austrian elementary school teacher and philosopher.
Franz Brentano
Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Brentano was an influential German philosopher and psychologist whose influence was felt by other such luminaries as Sigmund Freud, Edmund Husserl, Kazimierz Twar...
Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Brentano was an influential German philosopher and psychologist whose influence was felt by other such luminaries as Sigmund Freud, Edmund Husserl, Kazimierz Twar...
Friedrich Hayek
Friedrich August Hayek CH, born in Austria-Hungary as Friedrich August von Hayek, was an economist and philosopher best known for his defense of classical liberalism.
Friedrich August Hayek CH, born in Austria-Hungary as Friedrich August von Hayek, was an economist and philosopher best known for his defense of classical liberalism.
Friedrich Waismann
Friedrich Waismann (21 March 1896 - 4 November 1959) was an Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher.
Friedrich Waismann (21 March 1896 - 4 November 1959) was an Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher.
Gerhard Streminger
Gerhard Streminger is an Austrian Philosopher and author, born in Graz in 1952.
Gerhard Streminger is an Austrian Philosopher and author, born in Graz in 1952.
German philosophy
German philosophy, here taken to mean either (1) philosophy in the German language or (2) philosophy by Germans, has been extremely diverse, and central to both the analytic and continental trad...
German philosophy, here taken to mean either (1) philosophy in the German language or (2) philosophy by Germans, has been extremely diverse, and central to both the analytic and continental trad...
Gustav Bergmann
Gustav Bergmann (May 4, 1906, Vienna – April 21, 1987, Iowa City) was a philosopher born in Vienna, Austria.
Gustav Bergmann (May 4, 1906, Vienna – April 21, 1987, Iowa City) was a philosopher born in Vienna, Austria.
Gustav Kafka
Gustav Kafka was an Austrian philosopher, psychologist.
Gustav Kafka was an Austrian philosopher, psychologist.
Hans Kelsen
Hans Kelsen (October 11, 1881 – April 19, 1973) was an Austrian jurist and legal philosopher.
Hans Kelsen (October 11, 1881 – April 19, 1973) was an Austrian jurist and legal philosopher.
Hans Köchler
Hans Köchler is a professor of philosophy at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and president of the International Progress Organization, a non-governmental organization in consultative statu...
Hans Köchler is a professor of philosophy at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and president of the International Progress Organization, a non-governmental organization in consultative statu...
Heinrich Gomperz
Heinrich Gomperz (January 18, 1873, Vienna, Austria - December 27, 1942, Los Angeles, California) was an Austrian philosopher.
Heinrich Gomperz (January 18, 1873, Vienna, Austria - December 27, 1942, Los Angeles, California) was an Austrian philosopher.
Heinrich Racker
Heinrich Racker, was a Jewish Argentinean psychoanalyst of Austrian origin.
Heinrich Racker, was a Jewish Argentinean psychoanalyst of Austrian origin.
Helene von Druskowitz
Helene von Druskowitz (byname of Helena Maria Druschkovich; May 2, 1856, — May 31, 1918) was an Austrian philosopher, writer and music critic.
Helene von Druskowitz (byname of Helena Maria Druschkovich; May 2, 1856, — May 31, 1918) was an Austrian philosopher, writer and music critic.
Herbert Feigl
Herbert Feigl was an Austrian philosopher and a member of the Vienna Circle.
Herbert Feigl was an Austrian philosopher and a member of the Vienna Circle.
Hirsch Bär Fassel
Hirsch Bär Fassel (1802-1883) (also known as Hirsch Baer Fassel or Hirsch B. Fassel) was an influential rabbi and philosopher who pioneered Reform Judaism in modern-day Austria.
Hirsch Bär Fassel (1802-1883) (also known as Hirsch Baer Fassel or Hirsch B. Fassel) was an influential rabbi and philosopher who pioneered Reform Judaism in modern-day Austria.
Hubert Schleichert
Hubert Schleichert (born July 30, 1935 in Vienna) is an Austrian emeritus philosopher (from Vienna), now living in Konstanz.
Hubert Schleichert (born July 30, 1935 in Vienna) is an Austrian emeritus philosopher (from Vienna), now living in Konstanz.
Ingo Zechner
Ingo Zechner (born December 24, 1972 in Klagenfurt, Austria) is a philosopher and historian, since 2009 Business Manager of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI).
Ingo Zechner (born December 24, 1972 in Klagenfurt, Austria) is a philosopher and historian, since 2009 Business Manager of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI).
Ivan Illich
Ivan Illich was an Austrian philosopher, Roman Catholic priest, and "maverick social critic" of the institutions of contemporary western culture and their effects on the provenance and practice ...
Ivan Illich was an Austrian philosopher, Roman Catholic priest, and "maverick social critic" of the institutions of contemporary western culture and their effects on the provenance and practice ...
Jean Améry
Jean Améry (October 31, 1912 – October 17, 1978), born Hanns Chaim Mayer, was an Austrian-born essayist whose work was often informed by his experiences during World War II. Formerly a phi...
Jean Améry (October 31, 1912 – October 17, 1978), born Hanns Chaim Mayer, was an Austrian-born essayist whose work was often informed by his experiences during World War II. Formerly a phi...
Johann Heinrich Loewe
Johann Heinrich Loewe (December 12, 1808 - January 15, 1892) was an Austrian philosopher who was born in Prague.
Johann Heinrich Loewe (December 12, 1808 - January 15, 1892) was an Austrian philosopher who was born in Prague.
Johann Heinrich Pabst
Johann Heinrich Pabst was a German-Austrian physician, philosopher and lay theologian who was a native of Lindau in Eichsfeld.
Johann Heinrich Pabst was a German-Austrian physician, philosopher and lay theologian who was a native of Lindau in Eichsfeld.
Johann Nepomuk Ehrlich
Johann Nepomuk Ehrlich (February 21, 1810 - October 23, 1864) was an Austrian theologian and philosopher who was born in Vienna.
Johann Nepomuk Ehrlich (February 21, 1810 - October 23, 1864) was an Austrian theologian and philosopher who was born in Vienna.
Karl Kautsky
Karl Johann Kautsky was a Czech-German philosopher, journalist, and Marxist theoretician.
Karl Johann Kautsky was a Czech-German philosopher, journalist, and Marxist theoretician.
Karl Popper
Sir Karl Raimund Popper, CH FRS FBA was an Austro-British philosopher and professor at the London School of Economics.
Sir Karl Raimund Popper, CH FRS FBA was an Austro-British philosopher and professor at the London School of Economics.
Kurt Rudolf Fischer
Kurt Rudolf Fischer (born 1922 in Vienna), is a Jewish-Austrian philosopher who emigrated to Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1938 and to Shanghai in 1940.
Kurt Rudolf Fischer (born 1922 in Vienna), is a Jewish-Austrian philosopher who emigrated to Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1938 and to Shanghai in 1940.
Leopold Kohr
Leopold Kohr (5 October 1909 in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria – 26 February 1994 in Gloucester, England) was an economist, jurist and political scientist known both for his opposition to the "...
Leopold Kohr (5 October 1909 in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria – 26 February 1994 in Gloucester, England) was an economist, jurist and political scientist known both for his opposition to the "...
Ludwig Landgrebe
Ludwig Landgrebe (Vienna 9 March 1902; Cologne 14 August 1991) was an Austrian phenomenologist and Professor of philosophy.
Ludwig Landgrebe (Vienna 9 March 1902; Cologne 14 August 1991) was an Austrian phenomenologist and Professor of philosophy.
Ludwig von Mises
Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises was a philosopher, Austrian School economist, and classical liberal.
Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises was a philosopher, Austrian School economist, and classical liberal.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, an...
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, an...
Martin A. Hainz
Martin Andreas Hainz (born March 5, 1974, in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian philologist, theorist and philosopher.
Martin Andreas Hainz (born March 5, 1974, in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian philologist, theorist and philosopher.
Martin Balluch
Martin Balluch (born 12 October 1964) is an Austrian physicist, philosopher, and prominent animal rights activist.
Martin Balluch (born 12 October 1964) is an Austrian physicist, philosopher, and prominent animal rights activist.
Martin Buber
Martin Buber was an Austrian-born Jewish philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of religious existentialism centered on the distinction between the I-Thou relationship and...
Martin Buber was an Austrian-born Jewish philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of religious existentialism centered on the distinction between the I-Thou relationship and...
Max Adler (Marxist)
Max Adler was an Austrian jurist, politician and social philosopher; his theories were of central importance to Austromarxism.
Max Adler was an Austrian jurist, politician and social philosopher; his theories were of central importance to Austromarxism.
Nachman Krochmal
Nachman Kohen Krochmal (born in Brody, Galicia, on 17 February 1785; died at Ternopil on 31 July 1840) was a Jewish Galician philosopher, theologian, and historian.
Nachman Kohen Krochmal (born in Brody, Galicia, on 17 February 1785; died at Ternopil on 31 July 1840) was a Jewish Galician philosopher, theologian, and historian.
Nathan Birnbaum
Nathan Birnbaum was an Austrian writer and journalist, Jewish thinker and nationalist.
Nathan Birnbaum was an Austrian writer and journalist, Jewish thinker and nationalist.
Olga Hahn-Neurath
Olga Hahn-Neurath (אולגה האן-נוירת; July 20, 1882 - July 20, 1937) was an Austrian mathematician and philosopher.
Olga Hahn-Neurath (אולגה האן-נוירת; July 20, 1882 - July 20, 1937) was an Austrian mathematician and philosopher.
Oskar Ewald
Osk(c)ar Ewald, born Oskar Friedländer, or Friedländer Oszkár (November 11, 1881, Búrszentgyörgy/Sankt Georgen, Hungary (now Borský Svätý Jur, Senica District, Slovakia) - September ...
Osk(c)ar Ewald, born Oskar Friedländer, or Friedländer Oszkár (November 11, 1881, Búrszentgyörgy/Sankt Georgen, Hungary (now Borský Svätý Jur, Senica District, Slovakia) - September ...
Othmar Spann
Othmar Spann (October 1, 1878, Altmannsdorf, Vienna - July 8, 1950, Neustift bei Schlaining) was a conservative Austrian philosopher, sociologist and economist whose radical anti-liberal and ant...
Othmar Spann (October 1, 1878, Altmannsdorf, Vienna - July 8, 1950, Neustift bei Schlaining) was a conservative Austrian philosopher, sociologist and economist whose radical anti-liberal and ant...
Otto Bauer
Otto Bauer (September 5, 1881 – July 4, 1938) was an Austrian Social Democrat who is considered one of the leading thinkers of the left socialist Austro-Marxist tendency.
Otto Bauer (September 5, 1881 – July 4, 1938) was an Austrian Social Democrat who is considered one of the leading thinkers of the left socialist Austro-Marxist tendency.
Otto Neurath
Otto Neurath (Vienna, December 10, 1882 - Oxford, December 22, 1945) was an Austrian philosopher of science, sociologist, and political economist.
Otto Neurath (Vienna, December 10, 1882 - Oxford, December 22, 1945) was an Austrian philosopher of science, sociologist, and political economist.
Paul Feyerabend
Paul Karl Feyerabend (January 13, 1924 – February 11, 1994) was an Austrian-born philosopher of science best known for his work as a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berk...
Paul Karl Feyerabend (January 13, 1924 – February 11, 1994) was an Austrian-born philosopher of science best known for his work as a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berk...
Richard Hönigswald
Richard Hönigswald (18 July 1875 in Magyar-Óvár in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, (the present Mosonmagyaróvár in Hungary) – 11 June 1947 in New Haven, Connecticut) was a well-known philosopher be...
Richard Hönigswald (18 July 1875 in Magyar-Óvár in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, (the present Mosonmagyaróvár in Hungary) – 11 June 1947 in New Haven, Connecticut) was a well-known philosopher be...
Richard Wahle
Richard Wahle (January 14, 1857, Vienna - October 21, 1935, Vienna) was professor of philosophy at the Universities of Czernowitz and Vienna.
Richard Wahle (January 14, 1857, Vienna - October 21, 1935, Vienna) was professor of philosophy at the Universities of Czernowitz and Vienna.
Robert von Zimmermann
Robert von Zimmermann or Robert Zimmermann (November 2, 1824, Prague – September 1, 1898, Prague) was a Czech-born Austrian philosopher.
Robert von Zimmermann or Robert Zimmermann (November 2, 1824, Prague – September 1, 1898, Prague) was a Czech-born Austrian philosopher.
Roland Benedikter
Roland Benedikter is an Italian-Austrian Sociologist and Interdisciplinary Political Scientist from the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol.
Roland Benedikter is an Italian-Austrian Sociologist and Interdisciplinary Political Scientist from the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol.
Rudolf Maria Holzapfel
Rudolf Maria Holzapfel (April 26, 1874, Cracow - February 8, 1930, Muri (Kanton Bern)) was a Poland-born Austrian psychologist, philosopher.
Rudolf Maria Holzapfel (April 26, 1874, Cracow - February 8, 1930, Muri (Kanton Bern)) was a Poland-born Austrian psychologist, philosopher.
Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner was an Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, and esotericist.
Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner was an Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, and esotericist.
Theodor Gomperz
Theodor Gomperz (March 29, 1832 - August 29, 1912), Austrian philosopher and classical scholar, was born at Brno (Brünn).
Theodor Gomperz (March 29, 1832 - August 29, 1912), Austrian philosopher and classical scholar, was born at Brno (Brünn).
Thomas Resch
Thomas Resch was an Austrian Renaissance humanist.
Thomas Resch was an Austrian Renaissance humanist.
Victor Kraft
Victor Kraft (July 4, 1880, Vienna – January 3, 1975, Vienna) was an Austrian philosopher, best known for being a member of the Vienna Circle.
Victor Kraft (July 4, 1880, Vienna – January 3, 1975, Vienna) was an Austrian philosopher, best known for being a member of the Vienna Circle.
Vienna Circle
The Vienna Circle was an association of philosophers gathered around the University of Vienna in 1922, chaired by Moritz Schlick, also known as the Ernst Mach Society in honour of Ernst Mach.
The Vienna Circle was an association of philosophers gathered around the University of Vienna in 1922, chaired by Moritz Schlick, also known as the Ernst Mach Society in honour of Ernst Mach.
Viktor Schauberger
Viktor Schauberger was an Austrian forester/forest warden, naturalist, philosopher, inventor and Biomimicry experimenter.
Viktor Schauberger was an Austrian forester/forest warden, naturalist, philosopher, inventor and Biomimicry experimenter.
Volker Zotz
Volker Zotz is an eminent Austrian philosopher, and a prolific author in German language.
Volker Zotz is an eminent Austrian philosopher, and a prolific author in German language.
Walter Johannes Stein
Walter Johannes Stein (February 6, 1891, Vienna – July 7, 1957, London) was an Austrian philosopher, Waldorf school teacher, Grail researcher, and one of the pioneers of anthroposophy.
Walter Johannes Stein (February 6, 1891, Vienna – July 7, 1957, London) was an Austrian philosopher, Waldorf school teacher, Grail researcher, and one of the pioneers of anthroposophy.
Wilhelm Fridolin Volkmann
Wilhelm Fridolin Volkmann later the title Ritter von Volkmar was appended to his name
Was an Austrian philosopher and psychologist.
Wilhelm Fridolin Volkmann later the title Ritter von Volkmar was appended to his name
Was an Austrian philosopher and psychologist.
Wilhelm Jerusalem
Wilhelm Jerusalem was an Austrian Jewish philosopher and pedagogue.
Wilhelm Jerusalem was an Austrian Jewish philosopher and pedagogue.
Wolfgang Stegmüller
Wolfgang Stegmüller, was a German-Austrian philosopher with important contributions in philosophy of science and in analytic philosophy.
Wolfgang Stegmüller, was a German-Austrian philosopher with important contributions in philosophy of science and in analytic philosophy.