PHILOSOPHER

Alfred Schütz

1899 - 1959

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Alfred Schutz (; born Alfred Schütz, German: [ʃʏts]; 1899–1959) was an Austrian philosopher and social phenomenologist whose work bridged sociological and phenomenological traditions. Schutz is gradually being recognized as one of the 20th century's leading philosophers of social science.: xv  He related Edmund Husserl's work to the social sciences, using it to develop the philosophical foundations of Max Weber's sociology, in his major work Phenomenology of the Social World. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Schütz has received more than 330,213 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Alfred Schütz is the 318th most popular philosopher (down from 314th in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Austria (up from 186th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Austrian Philosopher.

Alfred Schütz is most famous for his analysis of phenomenology. He is a philosopher, sociologist, and psychologist who is best known for his work in the sociology of knowledge.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Alfred Schütz ranks 318 out of 1,267. Before him are Rudolf Bultmann, Ram Mohan Roy, Nicolai Hartmann, Jacobus Arminius, Gemistus Pletho, and Judith Butler. After him are Julius Caesar Scaliger, Alfred Tarski, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Rudolf Otto, Moritz Schlick, and Ramanuja.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Alfred Schütz ranks 31. Before him are Paul-Henri Spaak, Gustav Heinemann, Fritz Albert Lipmann, Cevdet Sunay, Bertil Ohlin, and Max Theiler. After him are Gloria Swanson, Charles Laughton, Ferhat Abbas, Jean Moulin, Georg von Békésy, and Suzanne Lenglen. Among people deceased in 1959, Alfred Schütz ranks 18. Before him are Heitor Villa-Lobos, Shirō Ishii, Camilo Cienfuegos, Bohuslav Martinů, George Grosz, and Buddy Holly. After him are Errol Flynn, Arthur Cecil Pigou, Enrico De Nicola, Ritchie Valens, Alfred Kubin, and Raphael Lemkin.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Alfred Schütz ranks 175 out of 1,424. Before him are Bruno Bettelheim (1903), Lothar Rendulic (1887), Anton Zeilinger (1945), Hermann Oberth (1894), Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1718), and Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857). After him are Maria Mandl (1912), Josef Stefan (1835), Alois Brunner (1912), Eric Kandel (1929), Karl Seitz (1869), and Otto of Freising (1114).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Austria

Among philosophers born in Austria, Alfred Schütz ranks 8. Before him are Karl Popper (1902), Martin Buber (1878), Josef Breuer (1842), Paul Feyerabend (1924), Ivan Illich (1926), and Otto Weininger (1880). After him are Otto Neurath (1882), Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757), André Gorz (1923), Jean Améry (1912), Kazimierz Twardowski (1866), and Christian von Ehrenfels (1859).

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