Georg Henrik Von Wright

Background

WRIGHT, Georg Henrik von was born on June 14, 1916 in Helsinki. Son of Tor von Wright and Ragni Elisabeth Alfthan.

Education

Educated U. Helsinki, Cambridge U. Doctorate. honoris causa, Helsinki University, Liverpool University, Lund University, University Turku, Tampere University, Buenos Aires University, Salta University, Bologna University, Saint Olaf College, Abo Academy, Tromso University, Stockholm University, Leipzig University, Innsbruck U. Lecturer in philosophy U. Helsinki, 1943-1946, professor philosophy, 1946-1961. Professor philosophy Cambridge University, 1948-1951, Tarner lecturer Trinity College, 1969.

Honorary fellow Trinity College, Cambridge. Visiting professor Cornell Univercity, 1954, 58, University of California, 1963, U. Pittsburgh, 1966, U. Karlsruhe, 1975, U. Leipzig, 1994-1995.

Gifford lecturer U. Saint Andrews, 1959-1960.

Research fellow Academy Finland, 1961-1986. Andrew Doctorate. White professor-at-large Cornell Univercity, 1965-1977. Chancellor of Abo Academy, 1968-1977.

Woodbridge lecturer Columbia University, 1972.

Nellie Wallace lecturer U. Oxford, 1978.

Career

Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Helsinki 1943-1946. Professor, of Philosophy, University of Helsinki 1946-1961. Professor, of Philosophy, University of Cambridge 1948-1951.

Sometime Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge, Honorary Fellow 1983.

Visiting Professor, Cornell University 1954, 1958, University of California 1963, University of Pittsburgh 1966, University of Karlsruhe 1975. Research Fellow, Academy, of Finland 1961-1986.

Andrew Doctorate. White Professor-at-Large, Cornell University 77. Chancellor of Abo Academy 1968-1977.

Gifford Lecturer University of Saint Andrews 1959-1960.

Tamer Lecturer, Trinity College, Cambridge 1969. Woodbridge Lecturer, Columbia University 1972. Nellie Wallace Lecturer, University of Oxford 1978.

Tanner Lecturer, University of Helsinki 1984.

President Philosophical Society of Finland 1962-1973. President Institute Union of History and Philosophy of Science 1963-1965, Institute Institute de Philosophie, Paris 1975-1978.

Fellow, Finnish Society of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy, of Sciences, British Academy, Royal Danish Academy, of Sciences, Norwegian Academy, of Sciences and Letters, European Academy, of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, World Academy, of Arts and Sciences, Academia Europaea, Serbian Academy, of Arts and Sciences. Honorary Foreign.

Achievements

• Georg Henrik Von Wright has been listed as a notable philosopher, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • The Logical Problem of Induction
  • The Logical Problem of Induction
  • ACTA PHILOSOPHICA, FASC. III: THE LOGICAL PROBLEM OF INDUCTION.
  • The Logical Problem of Induction
  • The Logical Problem Of Induction - Primary Source Edition
  • A Treatise on Induction and Probability
  • A Treatise on Induction and Probability
  • International Library of Philosophy: A Treatise on Induction and Probability
  • An Essay in Modal Logic
  • An Essay in Modal Logic
  • AN ESSAY IN MODAL LOGIC. Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics
  • Varieties of Goodness
  • Varieties of Goodness [International Library of Philosophy and Scientific Method]
  • Norm and Action: A logical enquiry
  • Logic of Preference
  • The Logic of Preference: An Essay
  • An essay in deontic logic and the general theory of action: With a bibliography of deontic and imperative logic (Acta philosophica Fennica)
  • An essay in deontic logic and the general theory of action. With a bibliography of deontic and imperative logic
  • Essay on Deontic Logic and the General Theory of Action.
  • Explanation and Understanding (Contemporary Philosophy Series,)
  • Causality and Determinism (Woodbridge Lecture)
  • Causality and Determinism.
  • In the Shadow of Descartes: Essays in the Philosophy of Mind (Synthese Library)
  • In the Shadow of Descartes
  • The Logical Problem Of Induction - Scholar's Choice Edition
  • The Logical Problem of Induction. (Second Revised Edition).
  • THE LOGICAL PROBLEM OF INDUCTION. Acta Philosophica Fennica, Fasc. III
  • Logical Problem of Induction. Second Edition, Enlarged.
  • Logical Problem of Induction
  • norm and Action
  • Explanation and Understanding
  • Norm and Action: A Logical Inquiry.
  • Norm and Action: A Logical Enquiry
  • Norm and Action; a Logical Enquiry
  • Freedom and determination (Acta philosophica fennica Volume 31 Number 1)
  • Logical studies (International library of psychology, philosophy, and scientific method)
  • Explanation and Understanding
  • Explanation and Understanding (Contemporary Philosophy) by G.H. Von Wright (2004) Paperback
  • Explanation and Understanding 1st edition by Georg Henrik, von Wright (2011) Paperback

• Other Work

  • Author: The Logical Problem of Induction, 1941, A Treatise on Induction and Probability, 1951, An Essay in Modal Logic, 1951, Logical Studies, 1957, The Varieties of Goodness, 1963, Norm and Action, 1963, The Logic of Preference, 1963, An Essay in Deontic Logic, 1968, Explanation and Understanding, 1971, Causality and Determinism, 1974, Freedom and Determination, 1980, Wittgenstein, 1982, Philosophical Papers, I-III, 1983-1984, Intellectual Autobiography, 1989, The Tree of Knowledge, 1993, Normen, Werte und Handlungen, 1994, Six Essays in Philosophical Logic, 1996, In the Shadow of Descartes, 1998.

Membership

Fellow Finnish Science Society (president 1966-1967). Member Philosophical Society Finland (president 1962-1973), International Union History and Philosophy of Science (president 1963-1965), Institute International de Philosophie Paris (president 1975-1978), Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, British Academy, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters, European Academy Arts, Sciences and Humanities, World Academy Arts and Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences (honorary foreign member).

Connections

Son of Tor von Wright and Ragni Elisabeth Alfthan. Married Baroness Maria Elisabeth von Troil, 1941. 2 children.

Father:

Tor von Wright

Mother:

Ragni Elisabeth Alfthan

Spouse:

Baroness Maria Elisabeth von Troil