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Georg Kohler (born in
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, Bern, Switzerland in 1945) is a Swiss
philosopher 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 ...
. He is a professor
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of
Political Philosophy Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and Political legitimacy, legitimacy of political institutions, such as State (polity), states. This field investigates different ...
at
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. He is also a publicist and an author. He has written books on political philosophy and modern day Swiss politics and also collaborated with other writers including
Hermann Lübbe Hermann Lübbe (born 31 December 1926) is a German philosopher. He is considered a member of the Ritter School. Biography Lübbe was born in Aurich. From 1947 to 1951, he studied philosophy, theology and sociology in Göttingen, Münster and Fre ...
. Kohler's early education was in grammar schools. He then studied philosophy at the university of Zurich. In 1978 he completed his Licentiate degree of Jurisprudenz (law) from the University of Zurich. Until 1980 he held the post of Assistant of Philosophical Seminars at the university but moved away to manage the family business in Vienna. He returned to teaching in 1992 and joined the Geschwister Scholl-Institute at the
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. He left his post as the chairperson of philosophical research, and joined the University of Zurich in 1994 as a full professor after the retirement of his teacher
Hermann Lübbe Hermann Lübbe (born 31 December 1926) is a German philosopher. He is considered a member of the Ritter School. Biography Lübbe was born in Aurich. From 1947 to 1951, he studied philosophy, theology and sociology in Göttingen, Münster and Fre ...
. He held the post until 2010, when he became a professor emeritus of Philosophy specializing in Political Philosophy. Since 2008 he has been a speaker and a member of the trustees with the
classical liberal Classical liberalism is a political tradition and a branch of liberalism that advocates free market and laissez-faire economics and civil liberties under the rule of law, with special emphasis on individual autonomy, limited government, eco ...
think tank Liberales Institut. He frequently writes and gives interviews to newspapers and online publications, such as
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,
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and
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. Kohler was married to
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spokeswoman and journalist Dominique Rub Kohler. She died on 15 August 2013.


Notable works


Monographs

* ''Geschmacksurteil und ästhetische Erfahrung. Beiträge zur Auslegung von Kants "Kritik der ästhetischen Urteilskraft".'' Berlin: De Gruyter 1980. * ''Handeln und Rechtfertigen. Untersuchungen zur Struktur der praktischen Rationalität.'' Frankfurt am Main: Athenäum 1988. * ''Die Melancholie des Detektivs. Essays.'' Wien: Deuticke 1994. * ''Über das Böse, das Glück und andere Rätsel. Zur Kunst des Philosophierens.'' Zürich: rüffer & Rub 2005, . * ''Bürgertugend und Willensnation. Über den Gemeinsinn und die Schweiz.'' Zürich: NZZ Libro 2010.


As editor

* (with Alice Villon-Lechner): ''Die Schöne Kunst der Verschwendung – Fest und Feuerwerk in der europäischen Geschichte''. Zürich: Artemis 1988, . * (with
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): ''Wozu Adorno? Beiträge zur Kritik und zum Fortbestand einer Schlüsseltheorie des 20. Jahrhunderts.'' Weilerswist: Velbrück 2008. * (with Felix Ghezzi): ''"Die Schweizermacher" und was die Schweiz ausmacht.'' Zürich: rüffer & rub 2016.


Articles

* ''Globale Gerechtigkeit und Weltordnung.'' In: ''Studia Philosophica'' Vol. 64/2005, S. 159–178. * ''Entscheidungszwang, Unparteilichkeit, Fairness. Über das System des Rechts und die Tugend des Richters.'' In: NZZ, Literatur und Kunst, 17./18. Februar 2007, Nr. 40, S. 72. * ''Über Otfried Höffe: Demokratie im Zeitalter der Globalisierung.'' In: Manfred Brocker (Hrsg.), ''Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Ein Handbuch.'' Frankfurt a. M: Suhrkamp 2007, S. 790–805. , * ''Suburbia und die Stadt am Schlossberg: Über städtische Lebensgefühle im Zeitalter der Globalisierung.'' In: Konrad Hummler,
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(Hrsg.), ''Stadtstaat – Utopie oder realistisches Modell?'' Zürich: Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2011. .


Literary works

* (with Claudia de Weck): ''Jakob, das Krokodil. Eine wahre Geschichte.'' Zürich: Atlantis 2013. * ''Lichtwechsel. 51 Gedichte'' Zürich: rüffer & rub 2020, .


References

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