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description: Georg Henrik von Wright, born in Helsinki in 1916, is the most renowned Scandinavian philosopher of our time, and an outstanding contributor to many fields of philosophy. He has made important contributions to logical theory and extended the application of logic to new areas, making path-breaking discoveries in probability theory, induction, causation and determinism, human action, and ethics. This work contains von Wright's intellectual autobiography, 32 major criticisms of his ideas, and von Wright's replies to each of these papers, followed by a complete bibliography of his works.Table of ContentsGeorg Henrik von Wright: Intellectual AutobiographyGeorg Henrik von Wright(Replies follow essays)Charles Hartshorne: Von Wright and Hume's Axiom Henry E. Kyburg, Jr.: Von Wright on the Logic of Conditions and Inductive Logic Stefan Nowak: Von Wright on Probability and Randomness Risto Hilpinen: Von Wright on Confirmation Theory William H. Baumer: Von Wright on the Paradoxes of Confirmation Brian McGuinness: Von Wright on Wittgenstein David Braybrooke: The Conditions on Which Rules Exist Herbert W. Schneider: Teleological Prescriptions and Descriptions Thomas Schwartz: Von Wright's Theory of Human Welfare: A Critique Kurt Baier: Preference and the Good of Man Philippa Foot: Von Wright on Virtue William K. Frankena: Von Wright on the Nature of Morality Frederick Stoutland: Von Wright's Theory of Action Alan Donagan: Von Wright on Causation, Intention, and Action Norman Malcolm: Intention and Behavior G.E.M. Anscombe: Von Wright on Practical Inference Max Black: Some Remarks About "Practical Reasoning"Dag Prawitz: Von Wright on the Concept of Cause Mihailo Markovic: Von Wright on Explanation Versus Understanding: The Relation of the Sciences of Nature and the Sciences of Man W.H. Dray: Von Wright on Explanation in History Knut Erik Tranoy: Von Wright's Humanism: His Critique of Culture and His Philosophy of Life Jaakko Hintikka: Von Wright on Logical Truth and Distributive Normal Forms Dagfinn Follesdal: Von Wright's Modal Logic P.T. Geach: On Modal Syllogisms Alan Ross Anderson: Von Wright on Entailment Krister Segerberg: Von Wright's Tense Logic Carlos E. Alchourron and Eugenio Bulygin: Von Wright on Deontic Logic and the Philosophy of Law Bengt Hansson: Von Wright on the Logic of Preference J.L. Mackie: Von Wright on Conditionals and Natural NecessityGeorg Henrik von Wright: A Reply to My CriticsBibliography of the Writings of Georg Henrik von Wright
language: English
title: The Philosophy of Georg Henrik von Wright
titlecomplete: The Philosophy of Georg Henrik von Wright (Library of Living Philosophers)
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publisher: Open Court