Ákos Pauler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ákos Pauler

hungarian philosopher

Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1876

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 29-Jun-1933

Profession: philosopher

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Ákos Pauler (1876–1933) was a Hungarian philosopher. He defended metaphysics against logical positivism.
As part of this defense, he accounted for a method of determining truths alongside the deductive and inductive methods, one which he called reductive.
According to Pauler, the reductive method, unlike induction and deduction, does not determine what entities there are but rather can determine the conditions of possibility of valid thought itself.
He also associates the reductive method with Plato's dialectic, even suggesting that reduction can ultimately lead to knowledge of the Form of the Good.