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Jaakko Hintikka

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Finnish philosopher and logician

AcademicsLived 1929 to 2015 · aged 86
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Kaarlo Jaakko Juhani Hintikka was a Finnish and American philosopher and logician. Hintikka is regarded as the founder of formal epistemic logic and of game semantics for logic. He was awarded the Rolf Schock Prize for philosophy in 2005, and he was chief editor of the philosophical journal Synthese 1965-2002.

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Hintikka in 2006.Hintikka in 2006.

Awards 9

2011Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland
2010Barwise Prize
2005Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy
1987Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland
1966Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland
Guggenheim Fellowship
doctor honoris causa of the University of Turku
Honorary doctor of the University of Liège
honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala

Connected to Jaakko 6

Kaija SaariahoAlso won doctor honoris causa of the University of TurkuLuciano FloridiAlso won Barwise PrizeCarl-Oskar BohlinAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of FinlandMatti JärvinenAlso won Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of FinlandDana ScottAlso won Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and PhilosophyIvar Lo-JohanssonAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala

About this person

Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2015 · aged 86
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25 languages

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