Georg Henrik von Wright

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Georg Henrik von Wright (June 14, 1916 – June 16, 2003) was a Finnish philosopher (his mother tongue being Swedish), who succeeded Ludwig Wittgenstein as professor at the University of Cambridge. ("von Wright" is pronounced not as rite, but as, roughly, vrihkt.)

G. H. von Wright made several contributions in philosophy. He also edited and published the late work of Wittgenstein. During his last 20 years he wrote several books about the current society and whether our progress can really be considered progress. One well known work is entitled "Myth of Progress".

He was influenced by the philosopher Oswald Spengler and found out later in his life that Wittgenstein also had read Spengler's work, and (to the astonishment of von Wright) liked it as well.

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Works

The Logical Problem of Induction, PhD thesis, 31 May 1941
Den logiska empirismen (Logical Empirism), in Swedish, 1945
�ber Wahrscheinlichkeit (On Chance), in German, 1945
An Essay in Modal Logic, 1951
A Treatise on Induction and Probability, 1951
Deontic Logic, 1951
Tanke och f�rkunnelse (Thought and Preaching), in Swedish, 1955
Logical Studies, 1957
Logik, filosofi och spr�k (Logic, philosophy and language), in Swedish, 1957
The Varieties of Goodness, 1963, Considered by himself his best and most personal work.
Norm and Action, 1963
The Logic of Preference, 1963
Essay om naturen, m�nniskan och den vetenskaplig-tekniska revolutionen (Essay on Nature, Man and the Scientific-Technological Revolution), in Swedish, 1963
An Essay in Deontic Logic, 1968
Time, Change and Contradiction, 1969
Tieteen filosofian kaksi perinnett� (The Two Traditions of the Philosophy of Science), in Finnish, 1970
Explanation and Understanding, 1971
Causality and Determinism, 1974
Handlung, Norm und Intention (Action, Norm and Intention), in German, 1977
Humanismen som livsh�llning (Humanism as an approach to Life), in Swedish, 1978
Freedom and Determination, 1980
Wittgenstein, 1982
Philosophical Papers I-III, 1983-1984
Filosofisia tutkielmia (Philosophical Dissertations), in Finnish, 1985
Vetenskapet och f�rnuftet (Science and Reason), in Swedish, 1986
Minervan P�ll� (The Owl of Minerva), in Finnish, 1991
Myten om framsteget (The Myth of Progress), in Swedish, 1993
The Tree of Knowledge, 1993
Att f�rst� sin samtid (To Understand one's own Time), in Swedish, 1994
Six Essays in Philosophical Logic, 1996
Viimeisist� ajoista. Ajatusleikki (On the End Times. A Thought Experiment.), in Finnish, 1997
Logiikka ja humanismi (Logic and Humanism), in Finnish, 1998
In the Shadow of Descartes, 1998
Mitt liv som jag minns det (My Life as I Remember it), in Swedish, 2001de:Georg Henrik von Wright