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Wright, Georg Henrik von
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| Philosopher and logician, born in Helsinki, Finland. He associated with the Vienna Circle of logical positivists and worked closely with Wittgenstein in Cambridge (1948–51). He was professor of philosophy at Helsinki (1946–61), and held many visiting positions in US universities. He has made particular contributions to philosophical logic and to ethics in works such as The Logical Problem of Induction (1941), Norm and Action (1971), and Freedom and Determination (1980). |
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