Adolph Stöhr
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Adolph Stöhr (February 24, 1855 – February 10, 1921) was professor of
philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...
at the
University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...
. 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 science of deductively valid inferences or of logical truths. It is a formal science investigating how conclusions follow from premises ...
,
metaphysics Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental nature of reality, the first principles of being, identity and change, space and time, causality, necessity, and possibility. It includes questions about the nature of conscio ...
,
philosophy of language In analytic philosophy, philosophy of language investigates the nature of language and the relations between language, language users, and the world. Investigations may include inquiry into the nature of meaning, intentionality, reference, ...
,
experimental psychology Experimental psychology refers to work done by those who apply experimental methods to psychological study and the underlying processes. Experimental psychologists employ human participants and animal subjects to study a great many topics, in ...
, 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 The ''Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950'' (''ÖBL''), ''Austrian Biographical Lexicon A lexicon is the vocabulary of a language or branch of knowledge (such as nautical or medical). In linguistics, a lexicon is a language's ...
''. Band 13, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2007–2010, p. 291ff. {{DEFAULTSORT:Stohr, Adolph Austrian logicians Epistemologists Metaphysicians Philosophers of language 1921 deaths 1855 births Academic staff of the University of Vienna Philosophers from Austria-Hungary 19th-century Austrian philosophers 20th-century Austrian philosophers