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person1960s-present

Risto Hilpinen

Disciplines:
epistemology
deontic logic
philosophy of action

Summary

Finnish logician who has contributed to deontic logic, epistemic logic, the logic of action, and the philosophy of artifacts.

Core Contribution

Edited Deontic Logic: Introductory and Systematic Readings (1971): the volume that established deontic logic as a research field. Contributed to the epistemology of belief revision and to the ontology of artifacts.

Notable Works & Achievements

Deontic Logic

Artifact

Historical Influences

Georg Henrik von Wright Jaakko Hintikka

Intellectual Lineage

Finnish Analytic Philosophy

Contemporaries & Peers

Jaakko Hintikka

Minds Influenced

Deontic Logic Research

Intellectual Posterity

Deontic Logic

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