Josef Simon
Josef Simon (1 August 1930 – 28 March 2016) was a contemporary German philosopher and professor of the University of Bonn, born in
Hupperath. He wrote 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.
He died in
Bonn.
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