What is Jaakko Hintikka?
[[File:Jaakko Hintikka.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hintikka in 2006.]] '''Kaarlo Jaakko Juhani Hintikka''' (January 12, 1929 – August 12, 2015) was a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[philosopher]] and [[logician]], one of the most significant of the 20th century. He was born in Helsingin maalaiskunta (now [[Vantaa]]). After teaching for a number of years at [[Florida State University]], [[Stanford]], [[University of Helsinki]], and the [[Academy of Finland]], he ended his career as a Professor of Philosophy at [[Boston University]]. He wrote 30 books and over 300 scholarly articles.<ref>{{cite book| last1 = Auxier| first1 = Randall E.| last2 = Hahn| first2 = Lewis Edwin| title = The Philosophy of Jaakko Hintikka| year = 2006| publisher = Open Court Publishing Company| isbn = 978-0-8126-9462-8 }}</ref> Hintikka worked in [[mathematical logic]], [[philosophical logic]], the [[philosophy of mathematics]], [[epistemology]], [[Philosophy of language|language theory]], and the [[philosophy of science]]. Hintikka was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Hintikka_Jaakko |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Hintikka_Jaakko |title=Jaakko Hintikka |publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.bu.edu/philo/faculty/hintikka.html Jaakko Hintikka's personal website] {{DEFAULTSORT:Hintikka, Jaakko}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century philosophers]] [[Category:21st-century philosophers]] [[Category:Finnish academics]] [[Category:Finnish philosophers]] [[Category:Florida State University faculty]] [[Category:Boston University faculty]] [[Category:Members of Academia Europaea]] {{Biography-stub}}