Adolf Reinach Adolf Bernhard Philipp Reinach ( 23 December 1883 – 16 November 1917 ) was a German philosopher , phenomenologist ( from the Munich phenomenology school ) and law theorist . Life and works . Adolf Reinach was born into a prominent Jewish family in Mainz , Germany , on 23 December 1883 . Adolf Reinach studied at the " Ostergymnasium " in Mainz ( where he became at first interested in Plato ) and later entered the University of Munich in 1901 where he studied mainly psychology and philosophy under Theodor Lipps . In the circle of Lipps ' students he came in contact with Moritz Geiger , Otto Selz , Aloys Fischer and above all Johannes Daubert . From onward 1903 / 4 he was increasingly busy with the works of Edmund Husserl , especially his " Logische Untersuchungen " ( Logical Investigations ) . In 1904 , Reinach obtained his doctorate in philosophy under Lipps with his work " Über den Ursachenbegriff im geltenden Strafrecht " ( On the concept of cause in penal law ) . In 1905 , he still intended to continue his studies in Munich ( where in the meanwhile he had also befriended Alexander Pfänder ) , to obtain a degree in law , but then decided to go to study with Husserl in Göttingen . In that period more students of Lipps ( captained by Daubert ) had decided to abandon Munich and to head for Göttingen , inspired by Husserl ' s works ( which is referred to as the Munich invasion of Göttingen ) . Later in 1905 Reinach returned to Munich to complete his studies in law and then continued in 1906 - 1907 in Tübingen . He attended several lectures and seminars on penal law by the legal theorist Ernst Beling , by which he was quite impressed and to which he owes a great deal of inspiration of his later works . In the summer of 1907 he took the First State Examination in Law , but also went later to Göttingen to attend discussion circles with Husserl . With the support of Husserl , Reinach was able to obtain habilitation for university teaching at Göttingen in 1909 . From his lectures and research , we can see that at the time he was influenced also by Anton Marty and Johannes Daubert , besides obviously and greatly by Husserl . On his turn Reinach appears to have inspired several young phenomenologists ( like Wilhelm Schapp , Dietrich von Hildebrand , Alexandre Koyré and Edith Stein ) with his lectures . Besides giving an introduction to phenomenology , he lectured i . a . on Plato and Immanuel Kant . In this period , Husserl embarked on a thorough revision of his main work , the " Logical Investigations " , and asked Reinach ’ s assistance in this endeavour . Moreover , in 1912 Reinach , together with Moritz Geiger and Alexander Pfänder founded the famous " Jahrbuch für Philosophie und phänomenologische Forschung " , with Husserl as main editor . Besides his work in the area of phenomenology and philosophy in general , Reinach is credited for the development of a forerunner to the theory of speech act s by Austin and Searle : " Die apriorischen Grundlagen des bürgerlichen Rechtes " ( The A Priori Foundations of Civil Law ) is a systematic treatment of social acts as performative utterances and " a priori " foundations of civil law . Reinach ' s work was based mostly on Husserl ' s analysis of meaning in the " Logical Investigations " , but also on Daubert ' s criticism of it . Alexander Pfänder ( 1870 – 1941 ) had also been doing research on commands , promises and the like in the same period . After Husserl ' s publication of the " Ideen " ( Ideas ) in 1913 , many phenomenologists took a critical stance towards his new theories and the current of Munich phenomenology came effectively into being , as Reinach , Daubert and others chose to remain closer to Husserl ' s earlier work , the " Logical investigations " . Instead of following Husserl into idealism and transcendental phenomenology , the Munich group remained a realist current . Reinach was converted to Lutheranism along with his wife At the outbreak of World War I Reinach volunteered to join the army . After many battles and having received the Iron Cross , Reinach fell outside Diksmuide in Flanders on 16 November 1917 . List of main works . His collected works : " Sämtliche Werke . Kritische Ausgabe mit Kommentar " ( in two volumes ) München : Philosophia Verlag 1989 . Eds . K . Schuhmann & B . Smith . Some on - line texts and translations of works by Reinach are available here .