Joseph Petzoldt | |
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| Born | 4 November 1862 Altenburg, Saxe-Altenburg, German Confederation |
| Died | 1 August 1929 (aged 66) |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Empirio-criticism |
| Institutions | TH Charlottenburg |
Main interests | Empirical knowledge, philosophy of science |
Notable ideas | Relativistic positivism |
Joseph Petzoldt (4 November 1862 – 1 August 1929) was a German positivist philosopher and teacher. He is known as the founder of several societies aimed at advancing positivist philosophy in the scientific world, and was an early proponent of the theory of relativity which he interpreted on the basis of his philosophy of "relativistic positivism".