Citizenship Finland Education University of Helsinki | Role Philosopher Name Ilkka Niiniluoto | |
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Born March 12, 1946 (age 78)
Helsinki, Finland ( 1946-03-12 ) Books Truthlikeness, Critical scientific realism, Is science progressive?, Theoretical Concepts and Hypo, Johdatus tieteenfilosofiaan Similar People Raimo Tuomela, Esa Saarinen, Jaakko Hintikka, Aulis Aarnio, Leila Haaparanta | ||
Notable awards Order of the White Star Nominations Tieto-Finlandia award | ||
Ilkka niiniluoto in aboagora 2011
Ilkka Maunu Olavi Niiniluoto (born March 12, 1946) is a Finnish philosopher and mathematician, serving as a professor of philosophy at the University of Helsinki since 1981. He is currently on leave from his position, having been appointed as rector of the University of Helsinki on August 1, 2003 for a five-year period. On April 25, 2008, he was chosen to succeed Kari Raivio as chancellor of the University of Helsinki, beginning 1 June 2008.
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Work
A significant contribution to the philosophy of science, particularly to the topic of verisimilitude or truth approximation, is his Truthlikeness (Synthese Library, Springer, 1987). Another notable publication is Critical Scientific Realism (Oxford University Press, 2002).
In 1990s, Niiniluoto among other university employees organized a plead to the consistory of the university to abolish ecclesiastic remnants from the university ceremonies.
Ilkka Niiniluoto is editor-in-chief of Acta Philosophica Fennica, the leading philosophical journal of Finland.
From 2008 to 2013, he served as the Chancellor of the University of Helsinki.
In 2011 he gave a Turku Agora Lecture.