BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T205746Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20160518T050000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20160520T130000 SUMMARY:The Human Condition – Conference In Honour Of Georg Henrik Von Wright's Centennial Anniversary UID:20240328T205746Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Helsinki LOCATION:Helsinki\, Finland DESCRIPTION:
The Philosophical Society of Finland and the University of Helsinki invite contributions to an international conference in honour of the centennial anniversary of Georg Henrik von Wright (1916-2003). During his long career\, von Wright was Professor at the University of Helsinki in 1946-1961\, Ludwig Wittgenstein&rsquo\;s successor at the University of Cambridge in 1948-1951\, a member of the Academy of Finland in 1963-1986\, and the President of the Philosophical Society of Finland in 1962-1973. He contributed influentially on a wide variety of philosophical fields\, such as induction and probability\, modal and deontic logic\, philosophy of science\, action theory\, ethics\, philosophy of law\, and philosophy of mind. He was also widely known as an inspiring intellectual and cultural personality though his eloquent and critical essays on humanism\, human rights\, peace\, and tolerance.
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The conference will be organized in the University of Helsinki\, Finland\, on May 18-20\, 2016. It is immediately preceded on May 16-17 by a conference on Wittgenstein and pragmatism\, jointly organized in Helsinki by the Nordic Pragmatism Network and the Nordic Wittgenstein Society. The centennial conference &ldquo\;The Human Condition&rdquo\; starts with the 3rd Georg Henrik von Wright Lecture on May 18 at 3 p.m.
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