Jaakko Hintikka Quotes on Truth
Kaarlo Jaakko Juhani Hintikka was a Finnish philosopher and logician and one of the most prolific and inventive logicians of the late twentieth century. This page collects quotes attributed to Jaakko Hintikka on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Jaakko Hintikka:
“Knowledge is closure under known implication.”
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“Inquiry is a structured game of question and answer.”
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“To know who someone is is to be able to identify them across possible situations.”
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Attributed to Jaakko Hintikka:
“Logic is the art of making explicit what reasoning already requires.”
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Attributed to Jaakko Hintikka:
“Possible worlds are the resources by which logic does its work.”