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Wahle, RichardWahle, Richard, b. Vienna, Feb. 14, 1857, d. Vienna, Oct. 21, 1935, positivist philosopher. Student of E. Mach, friend of S. Freud. Rejected metaphysics (with the exception of Spinoza) and reduced psychology to a purely physiological approach. Lecturer at the University of Vienna 1885-1895, then University Professor in Chernovtsy (Ukraine), and 1917-1933 again in Vienna. Works: Gehirn und Bewußtsein, 1884; Das Ganze der Philosophie und ihr Ende, 1894; Kurze Erklärung der Ethik von Spinoza, 1899; Über den Mechanismus des geistigen Lebens, 1906; Josua, 1912; Die Tragikomödie der Weisheit, 1915; Entstehung der Charaktere, 1928; Grundlagen einer neuen Psychiatrie, 1931; Fröhli. Register der paar philosophischen Wahrheiten, 1934.
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