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Essays in Honour of Jaakko Hintikka

On the Occasion of His Fiftieth Birthday on January 12, 1979

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Editors:
  1. Esa Saarinen
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  2. Risto Hilpinen
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  3. Ilkka Niiniluoto
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  4. Merrill Provence Hintikka
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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 124)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Semantics of Natural Language

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Grammar and Meaning

      • Julius M. E. Moravcsik
      Pages 3-15

    3. Sense and Science

      • Avishai Margalit
      Pages 17-47

    4. Variable-Free Semantics for Negations with Prosodic Variation

      • Patrick Suppes
      Pages 49-59

    5. Informational Independence in Intensional Context

      • Lauri Carlson, Alice Ter Meulen
      Pages 61-72

  3. Mathematical Logic

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. A Note on Distributive Normal Forms

      • Dana Scott
      Pages 75-90

    3. On the Metaphysics of the Real Line

      • Jens Erik Fenstad
      Pages 91-99

    4. A Generalization of the Infinitely Deep Languages of Hintikka and Rantala

      • Juha Oikkonen
      Pages 101-112

  4. Applications of Formal Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. On the Possibilities of Information Evaluation of Graphical Communications

      • Ładislav Tondl
      Pages 115-134

    3. On Formal Aspects of Distributive Justice

      • Klemens Szaniawski
      Pages 135-146

    4. Some Reflections on Method in the Theory of Social Choice

      • Krister Segerberg
      Pages 147-159

  5. Philosophical Logic

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. A Problem About Permission

      • David Lewis
      Pages 163-175

    3. Possible Worlds and Formal Semantics

      • Veikko Rantala
      Pages 177-188

    4. Continuity and Similarity in Cross-Identification

      • Esa Saarinen
      Pages 189-215

  6. Epistemology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. Serious Possibility

      • Isaac Levi
      Pages 219-236
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About this book

Jaakko Hintikka was born on January 12th, 1929. He received his doctorate from the University of Helsinki under the supervision of Professor G. H. von Wright at the age of 24 in 1953. Hintikka was appointed Professor of philosophy at the University of Helsinki in 1959. Since the late 50s, he has shared his time between Finland and the U.S.A. He was appointed Professor of philosophy at Stanford University in 1964. As from 1970 Hintikka has been permanent research professor of the Academy of Finland. He has published 13 books and about 200 articles, not to mention the various editorial and organizational activities he has played an active role in. The present collection of essays has been edited to honour Jaakko Hintikka on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday. By dedicating a Festschrift to Jaakko Hintikka, the contributors wish to pay homage to this remarkable man whom they see not only as a scholar of prodigious energy and insight, but as a friend, colleague and former teacher. The contributors hope the essays collected here will bring pleasure to the man they are intended to honour. All of the essays touch upon topics Hintikka has taken an direct or indirect interest in, ranging from technical problems of mathematical logic and applications of formal methods through philosophical logic, philosophy of language, epistemology and history of philosophy to philosophical aesthetics.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Essays in Honour of Jaakko Hintikka

  • Book Subtitle: On the Occasion of His Fiftieth Birthday on January 12, 1979

  • Editors: Esa Saarinen, Risto Hilpinen, Ilkka Niiniluoto, Merrill Provence Hintikka

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9860-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1979

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0916-5Due: 31 December 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-9862-9Published: 28 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-9860-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 396

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science

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