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Alois Adolf Riehl (; 27 April 1844 – 21 November 1924) was an Austrian neo-Kantianism philosopher. He was born in Bozen (Bolzano) in the Austrian Empire (now in Italy). He was the brother of the Austrian engineer and building contractor .
He worked as a full professor of philosophy at Graz from 1878, then at Freiburg (from 1882 as a replacement for Wilhelm Windelband), Kiel and Halle, and finally at Berlin, where he commissioned Mies van der Rohe to design his house in Neubabelsberg.
For Riehl, philosophy was not the teaching of Weltanschauung, but principally a criticism of perception.
He was the doctoral advisor of Paul Hensel and Oswald Spengler.
Riehl died in Neubabelsberg, near Potsdam, Riehl, Alois (Aloys) at Deutsche Biographie and was buried in the Alter Friedhof in Klein-Glienicke.
His wife Sofie, was the aunt of Frieda Gross, the wife of the medical doctor, scientist and revolutionary, Otto Gross.
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Categories: Kantian Philosophers, 1844 Births, 1924 Deaths, Emigrants From Austria-hungary To Germany, Philosophers From Austria-hungary, 19th-century Austrian Philosophers, 20th-century Austrian Philosophers, Academic Staff Of The University Of Graz, Academic Staff Of The University Of Freiburg, Academic Staff Of The Humboldt University Of Berlin, Academic Staff Of The University Of Kiel, Academic Staff Of The University Of Halle, 19th-century German Writers, 19th-century German Male Writers, Writers From Bolzano
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