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Another View of G. H. von Wright
Author(s) -
Stoutland Frederick
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
philosophical investigations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.172
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1467-9205
pISSN - 0190-0536
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9205.2006.00293.x
Subject(s) - wright , notice , philosophy , key (lock) , epistemology , sociology , art history , law , history , political science , computer science , computer security
This Note is a response to Thomas Wallgren’s “Georg Henrik von Wright: a Memorial Notice” ( Philosophical Investigations , January, 2005). I contend that Wallgren gave an account of von Wright’s work that is sometimes erroneous and generally off‐key. I offer a more accurate account and defend it against those who view his work with suspicion: analytical philosophers, Wittgensteinians and intellectuals who hoped for a more engaged participation in public life. Wallgren also wrote that von Wright probably had no close friends, which I show to be absurd.