G. H. von Wright

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human logician philosopher

G. H. von Wright was a Finnish philosopher known for his work in logic, philosophy of action, and as a prominent interpreter and editor of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s writings.

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instanceOf	human ⓘ logician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ
academicDegree	PhD in philosophy ⓘ
birthDate	1916-06-14 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Finland ⓘ
deathDate	2003-06-16 ⓘ
edited	posthumous works of Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ
educatedAt	Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge University of Helsinki ⓘ
employer	Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge University of Helsinki ⓘ University of Turku ⓘ surface form: University of Åbo
ethnicGroup	Swedish-speaking Finn ⓘ
familyName	G. H. von Wright self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: von Wright
fieldOfWork	ethics ⓘ history of ideas ⓘ logic ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of action ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ
genre	analytic philosophy ⓘ
givenName	Georg Henrik ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Professor ⓘ
influenced	contemporary analytic philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy	Aristotle ⓘ Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ
knownFor	deontic logic ⓘ editing Wittgenstein’s writings ⓘ interpretation of Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ modal logic ⓘ philosophy of action ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Finnish ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ British Academy ⓘ Finnish Academy of Science and Letters ⓘ Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ⓘ
name	G. H. von Wright self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Georg Henrik von Wright
notableIdea	analysis of explanation in the human sciences ⓘ logic of preference and choice ⓘ systematic development of deontic logic ⓘ
notableWork	An Essay in Modal Logic ⓘ Causality and Determinism ⓘ Explanation and Understanding ⓘ Norm and Action ⓘ Of Human Freedom ⓘ The Logic of Preference ⓘ The Varieties of Goodness ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Helsinki ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Helsinki ⓘ
positionHeld	Professor at the University of Cambridge ⓘ Professor of Philosophy at the University of Helsinki ⓘ successor of Ludwig Wittgenstein as Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
residence	Helsinki ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
wroteAbout	causation ⓘ determinism ⓘ ethics and values ⓘ freedom of the will ⓘ human agency ⓘ normativity ⓘ

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Philosophical Investigations → editor → G. H. von Wright ⓘ

On Certainty → editor → G. H. von Wright ⓘ

The Blue and Brown Books → editor → G. H. von Wright ⓘ

Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics → editor → G. H. von Wright ⓘ

Culture and Value → editor → G. H. von Wright ⓘ

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Culture and Value → compiler → G. H. von Wright ⓘ

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