Paul Häberlin (17 February 1878,

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– 29 September 1960,

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) was 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 ...

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. Häberlin made contributions to

characterology Characterology () is the academic study of character which was prominent in German-speaking countries during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is considered a historic branch of personality psychology, which extended into psychoanalysi ...

and

psychotherapy Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of Psychology, psychological methods, particularly when based on regular Conversation, personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase hap ...

, 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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Selected 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)

Notes

References

* * Wolfgang Stegmüller: "Aprioristischer Seinsmonismus: Paul Häberlin", in: ''Hauptströmungen der Gegenwartsphilosophie'', 2. Kröner Verlag, Stuttgart 1960. 1878 births 1960 deaths 20th-century Swiss philosophers Philosophers of science {{switzerland-philosopher-stub