Josef Simon

Who is Josef Simon?

Josef Simon, born 1 August 1930 in Hupperath), is a contemporary German philosopher and former professor of the University of Bonn. He has written extensively on metaphysics, epistemology, the philosophy of German idealism and various philosophers, mainly Kant, Hamann and Nietzsche. Perhaps Simon's most influential work has been in the philosophy of language. His main work "Philosophie des Zeichens" has been influenced by, among others, Kant, Hegel, Peirce and Wittgenstein, Hamann, Humboldt or Nietzsche.

Selected Publications:

Das Problem der Sprache bei Hegel. Kohlhammer-Verlag, Stuttgart 1966.

Sprache und Raum. Philosophische Untersuchungen zum Verhältnis zwischen Wahrheit und Bestimmtheit von Sätzen. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1969.

Sprachphilosophische Aspekte der Kategorienlehre. Heiderhoff Verlag, Frankfurt/Main 1971

Philosophie und linguistische Theorie. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 1971.

Wahrheit als Freiheit. Zur Entwicklung der Wahrheitsfrage in der neueren Philosophie. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 1978.

Sprachphilosophie, Karl Alber Verlag, Freiburg/München 1981.

Philosophie des Zeichens. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 1989. English translation: Philosophy of the Sign. State University of New York Press, 1995. Spanish translation: Filosofia del signo. Gredos, Madrid 1998.