List of Swiss People - Philosophy

Philosophy

  • Richard Avenarius (1843–1896), formulated the radical positivist doctrine of "empirical criticism"
  • Henri Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881), philosopher and poet
  • Peter Bieri (born 1944), philosopher, author
  • Benjamin Constant (1767–1830)
  • Jeanne Hersch (1910–2000), philosopher
  • Henri Lauener (1933–2002), philosopher
  • Dominik Perler (born 1965), philosopher
  • Hans A. Pestalozzi (1929–2004), social critic
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), philosopher, author
  • Hans Saner (born 1934), philosopher
  • Alexandru Şafran (1910–2006), rabbi and philosopher

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