Paul Haeberlin (17 February 1878, in Kesswil – 29 September 1960, in

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) was a Swiss

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who at different times in his career took the standpoint that either religion or theoretical knowledge was the answer to human problems. He always gave philosophy an important role, but

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was to him the only way man could understand his real position in existence. Haeberlin made contributions to

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and psychotherapeutics, and was especially successful in treating psychopathic youth and teens. Made a full

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of philosophy, psychology and pedagogics at the

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Principle works

Psychology

* Der Leib und die Seele (1923) * Der Geist und die Triebe: Eine Elementarpsychologie (1924) * Der Charakter (1925) * Leitfaden der Psychologie (1937)

Pedagogy

* Das Ziel der Erziehung (1923) * Möglichkeit und Grenzen der Erziehung: Eine Darstellung der pädagogischen Situation (1936) * Allgemeine Pädagogik (1940)

Philosophy

* Das Gute (1926) * Das Geheimnis der Wirklichkeit (1927) * Allgemeine Ästhetik (1929) * Das Wunderbare (1930) * Das Wesen der Philosophie: Eine Einführung (1934) * Naturphilosophische Betrachtungen I: Einheit und Vielheit (1939) * Naturphilosophische Betrachtungen II: Sein und Werden (1940) * Der Mensch: Eine philosophische Anthropologie (1941) * Logik im Grundriss (1947) * Philosophia Perennis: Eine Zusammenfassung (1952)

Theology

* Das Evangelium und die Theologie (1956) 1878 births 1960 deaths 20th-century Swiss philosophers Philosophers of science {{switzerland-philosopher-stub Stegmüller,W., Hauptströmungen der Gegenwartsphilosophie, Bd I, Kapitel VIII. (1978)