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Georg Henrik von Wright
Napoleoni, Giulio
2014
Abstract
Von Wright (1916-2003) is a unique many-sided figure in the twentieth-century philosophical landscape, with potential development for the future thought, still largely unexplored. He has made important contributions in many sectors (Philosophical Logic, Epistemology, Ethics, Theory of Action, Philosophy of Mind, History of Philosophy) dealing with the crucial problems (induction, probability, causality, free will, mind-body, methodology of the Social Sciences, human nature) and bringing in each of these fields the penetrating, but at the same time balanced, light of an flexible analytical style, open to other traditions (especially Hermeneutics). In this outline it was decided not to propose an exhaustive summary of all his production (the most significant deficiencies are noted in the text): this undertaking would require more space; so it was decided to rebuild the basic line of the development of his more mature thought: the philosophy of action, based on the analysis of the concepts of cause, action and freedom.
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Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Giulio Napoleoni, “Georg Henrik von Wright”, in "APhEx 9", 2014, pp. 34
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it
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