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Jaakko Hintikka

1929 - 2015

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Kaarlo Jaakko Juhani Hintikka (; Finnish: [ˈhintikːɑ]; 12 January 1929 – 12 August 2015) was a Finnish philosopher and logician. Hintikka is regarded as the founder of formal epistemic logic and of game semantics for logic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jaakko Hintikka is the 653rd most popular philosopher (up from 667th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Finland (down from 68th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jaakko Hintikka ranks 653 out of 1,267. Before him are Pierre Hadot, Yang Xiong, Hemachandra, Émile Chartier, Olaf Stapledon, and Eric Voegelin. After him are Anton Wilhelm Amo, Stein Rokkan, Amalric of Bena, Ernst Moritz Arndt, Maximus of Ephesus, and Wang Bi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Jaakko Hintikka ranks 137. Before him are Anastasios of Albania, Fred Phelps, Fazlur Rahman Khan, Menahem Golan, Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, and Betty Boothroyd. After him are Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Charles Moore, Vladimír Menšík, Robert Faurisson, Walter Brandmüller, and Luis García Meza. Among people deceased in 2015, Jaakko Hintikka ranks 102. Before him are Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Cabu, Ornette Coleman, Satoru Iwata, Gerry Byrne, and Yaşar Kemal. After him are Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Omar Karami, Arsen Dedić, Dean Smith, Eldar Ryazanov, and Philippe Honoré.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Jaakko Hintikka ranks 73 out of 751. Before him are Eero Saarinen (1910), Leif Segerstam (1944), Väinö Linna (1920), Tapio Wirkkala (1915), Minna Canth (1844), and Petteri Orpo (1969). After him are Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757), Matthias Castrén (1813), Kaija Saariaho (1952), Ernst Linder (1868), Matti Järvinen (1909), and Bernhard Crusell (1775).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Finland

Among philosophers born in Finland, Jaakko Hintikka ranks 2. Before him are Georg Henrik von Wright (1916). After him are Edvard Westermarck (1862), and Eino Kaila (1890).

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