Karl Dürr (philosopher)

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Karl Rudolf Dürr (born June 16, 1888 in Zurich ; † September 18, 1970 there ) was a Swiss philosopher .

Life

Born in Zurich, Karl Dürr obtained the federal Matura in 1906 at the cantonal literature high school in his hometown. He then turned to the study of philosophy and German literature at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich , the Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Berlin and at the University of Zurich to, there took place in 1912 his doctorate to Dr. phil. at Willy Freytag .

Dürr then took up a position as a research assistant at the University of Zurich, in 1916 he completed his habilitation as a private lecturer in the history of philosophy and systematic philosophy, in 1925 he was promoted to adjunct professor and in 1935 to extraordinary professor of logic , epistemology and the history of modern philosophy. In 1958 he retired.

Dürr, who is one of the pioneers of logical positivism in the Vienna Circle , published, among other things, the study New Illumination of a Theory by Leibniz  : Fundamentals of Logical Calculus, which was influenced by Bertrand Russell and Clarence Irving Lewis , published in 1930 by Otto Reichl Verlag in Darmstadt .

Karl Dürr died in autumn 1970 as the widower of Hedwig, born Landolt, at the age of 83 in his hometown of Zurich.

Publications

  • Interpretation and criticism of the epistemology of E [duard] von Hartmanns . Dissertation . Brothers Leemann & Co., Zurich 1912.
  • From the formation of the conceptual content. Habilitation thesis . Rascher, Zurich / Leipzig 1916.
  • Is something? : A philosophical dialogue. Zurich 1918.
  • Nature and history of epistemology. Seldwyla, Zurich 1924.
  • Logical positivism. In: Bibliographical introductions to the study of philosophy, 11. A. Francke, Bern 1948.
  • together with Erich Hochstetter : Leibniz on his 300th birthday 1646–1946. / 5, Leibniz research in the field of syllogistics. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1949.
  • The Propositional Logic of Boethius (translation from manuscript [1939] Norman M. Martin). Amsterdam 1951.
  • Modern historical research in the field of ancient logic. Publishing house for law and society, Basel 1953.
  • Logistics textbook . Basel 1954.
  • Metaphysics and Scientific Philosophy . Berlin 1967.

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SURNAME Dürr, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dürr, Karl Rudolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 1970
Place of death Zurich