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WRIGHT, Georg Henrik von was born on June 14, 1916 in Helsinki. Son of Tor von Wright and Ragni Elisabeth Alfthan.
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Descartes made a sharp distinction between matter and mind. But he also thought that the two interact with one another. Is such interaction possible, however, without either a materialist reduction of mind to matter or an idealist (phenomenalist) reduction of matter to mind? These questions overshadow the Western tradition in metaphysics from the time of Descartes to present times. The book makes an effort to stay clear of reductivist views of the two Cartesian substances. It defends a dualistic psycho-physical parallel theory which reconciles freedom of action with determinism in nature. Basic problems in perception theory are also discussed, with special emphasis on hearing and sound. Because of the intrinsic interest of the subject and the author's non-technical presentation of it, the book should appeal to all readers with a serious interest in philosophy and psychology.
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This volume distinguishes between two main traditions in the philosophy of science - the aristotelian, with its stress on explanation in terms of purpose and intentionality, and the galilean, which takes causal explanation as primary. It then traces the complex history of these competing traditions as they are manifested in such movements as positivism, idealism, Marxism and contemporary linguistic analysis. Hempels's theory of scientific explanation, the claims of cybernetics the rise of an analytic philosophy of action and the revival of hermenuetics are all discussed. The volume also deals with causal explanation, intentionality and teleological explanation, and explanation in history and the social sciences. The author concludes that explanation of human actions cannot be reduced to simple causality, and discusses the implications of this conclusion for the disciplines of history and sociology.
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WRIGHT, Georg Henrik von was born on June 14, 1916 in Helsinki. Son of Tor von Wright and Ragni Elisabeth Alfthan.
Educated, University Helsinki, Cambridge University. Doctor honoris causa, Helsinki University, Liverpool University. Doctor honoris causa, Lund University, University Turku, Tampere University.
Doctor honoris causa, Buenos Aires University, Salta University. Doctor honoris causa, Bologna University, St. Olaf College. Doctor honoris causa, Abo Academy, Tromso University.
Doctor honoris causa, Stockholm University, Leipzig University. Doctor honoris causa, Innsbruck University.
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 D. White Professor-at-Large, Cornell University 77. Chancellor of Abo Academy 1968-1977. Gifford Lecturer University of St. 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.
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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.
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).
Son of Tor von Wright and Ragni Elisabeth Alfthan. Married Baroness Maria Elisabeth von Troil, 1941. 2 children.