Analytic philosophy in Finland / / edited by Leila Haaparanta and Ilkka Niiniluoto.

• Superior document: Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities, v. 80
• TeilnehmendeR: Haaparanta, Leila, 1954-; Niiniluoto, Ilkka,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam ;, New York, New York : : Rodopi,, 2003.
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Series: Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities 80.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (593 pages)

Finland is internationally known as one of the leading centers of twentieth century analytic philosophy. This volume offers for the first time an overall survey of the Finnish analytic school. The rise of this trend is illustrated by original articles of Edward Westermarck, Eino Kaila, Georg Henrik von Wright, and Jaakko Hintikka. Contributions of Finnish philosophers are then systematically discussed in the fields of logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, history of philosophy, ethics and social philosophy. Metaphilosophical reflections on the nature of philosophy are highlighted by the Finnish dialogue between analytic philosophy, phenomenology, pragmatism, and critical theory.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Leila Haaparanta and Ilkka Niiniluoto -- PREFACE / Leila Haaparanta and Ilkka Niiniluoto -- PHILOSOPHY IN FINLAND — THE CULTURAL SETTING / Ilkka Niiniluoto -- NORMATIVE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ETHICS / Edward Westermarck -- ON SCIENTIFIC AND METAPHYSICAL EXPLANATION OF REALITY (1926) / Eino Kaila -- ON THE METHOD OF PHILOSOPHY: Extracts from a Statement to the Section of History and Philology at the University of Helsinki (1930) / Eino Kaila -- WHAT PHILOSOPHY IS FOR ME / Georg Henrik von Wright -- CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY AND THE PROBLEM OF TRUTH / Jaakko Hintikka -- FORMAL METAPHILOSOPHY IN FINLAND / Jan Woleński -- LOGICAL SEMANTICS — TRUTH AND ANALYTICITY / Anssi Korhonen -- POSSIBLE WORLDS / Veikko Rantala -- PROPOSITIONAL ATTITUDES / Tuomo Aho -- FORMS OF NORMS AND VALIDITY / Vladimír Svoboda -- INDUCTION, PROBABILITY, AND BAYESIAN EPISTEMOLOGY / Roberto Festa -- REALISM AND GROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE — PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE SINCE EINO KAILA / Matti Sintonen -- EXPLANATION AND UNDERSTANDING: THE DEBATE OVER VON WRIGHT’S PHILOSOPHY OF ACTION REVISITED / Martin Kusch -- FINNISH STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT AND MEDIAEVAL PHILOSOPHY / Mikko Yrjönsuuri -- FINNISH STUDIES IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY RATIONALISM / Olli Koistinen -- THE RECEPTION OF WITTGENSTEIN’S PHILOSOPHY IN FINLAND / Joachim Schulte -- ANALYTIC MORAL PHILOSOPHY IN FINLAND / Mikko Salmela -- APPLIED ETHICS IN FINLAND1 / Matti Häyry -- ANALYTICAL PHILOSOPHY OF INSTITUTIONS / Eerik Lagerspetz -- FINNISH STUDIES IN PHENOMENOLOGY AND PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDIES IN FINLAND: INTERFACES OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY AND PHENOMENOLOGY / Leila Haaparanta -- PRAGMATISTIC INFLUENCES IN TWENTIETH CENTURY FINNISH PHILOSOPHY: FROM PRE-ANALYTIC TO POST-ANALYTIC THOUGHT / Sami Pihlström -- CRITICAL THEORY / Thomas Wallgren -- INDEX OF NAMES / Leila Haaparanta and Ilkka Niiniluoto -- POZNAŃ STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES / Leila Haaparanta and Ilkka Niiniluoto.