Adolph Stöhr (February 24, 1855 – February 10, 1921) was professor of

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...

. His lectures and publications covered subjects such as

logic Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the study of deductively valid inferences or logical truths. It examines how conclusions follow from premises based on the structure o ...

metaphysics Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic structure of reality. It is traditionally seen as the study of mind-independent features of the world, but some theorists view it as an inquiry into the conceptual framework of ...

philosophy of language Philosophy of language refers to the philosophical study of the nature of language. It investigates the relationship between language, language users, and the world. Investigations may include inquiry into the nature of Meaning (philosophy), me ...

experimental psychology Experimental psychology is the work done by those who apply Experiment, experimental methods to psychological study and the underlying processes. Experimental psychologists employ Research participant, human participants and Animal testing, anim ...

, psychology of perception, and psychology of association.

Publications

* ''Philosophische Konstruktionen und Reflexionen'' 1974 (posthumous) * ''Lehrbuch der Logik in psychologisierender Darstellung'' 1910 * ''Philosophie der unbelebten Materie'' 1907 * ''Zur Hypothese der Sehstoffe und Grundfarben'' 1898 * ''Die erste Volkshochschule'' 1965 (posthumous) * ''Letzte Lebenseinheiten und ihr Verband in einem Keimplasma, vom philosophischen Standpunkte ...'' 1897 * ''Philosophie der unbelebten Materie: Hypothetische Darstellung der Einheit des Stoffes und seines ...'' 1907 * ''Zur nativistischen Behandlung des Tiefensehens'' 1892 * ''Umriss einer Theorie der Namen'' 1889

References

* D. Angetter: "Stöhr Adolf." In: '' Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950''. Band 13, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2007–2010, p. 291ff. {{DEFAULTSORT:Stohr, Adolph 1921 deaths 1855 births Academic staff of the University of Vienna Philosophers from Austria-Hungary 19th-century Austrian philosophers 20th-century Austrian philosophers Philosophers of psychology