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Knut Erik Tranøy

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Knut Erik Tranøy
Born
(1918-12-10)10 December 1918

Kristiania, Norway
Died19 March 2012(2012-03-19) (aged 93)
Awards
Institutions
Main interests
  • Ethics
  • Medicine and science

Knut Erik Tranøy (10 December 1918 – 19 March 2012) was a Norwegian philosopher.

During World War II Tranøy, along with 700 other Norwegian students, was deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. He was appointed professor at the University of Bergen from 1959, and at the University of Oslo from 1978. His main contributions have been in fields of ethics, particularly in medicine and science. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1979. He was decorated as Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 2002.[1][2]

He resided at Fossum terrasse.[3]

Selected works

  • Tysklandsstudentene (1946) (co-authored with Michael Sars)
  • On the Logic of Normative Systems (1953, thesis)
  • Thomas Aquino som moralfilosof. 1957.
  • The Moral Import of Science. Essays on Normative Theory, Scientific Activity and Wittgenstein (1998)

References

  1. ^ Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "Knut Erik Tranøy". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. ^ Føllesdal, Dagfinn. "Knut Erik Tranøy". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  3. ^ "knut Erik Tranøy 85 år 10. desember" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 14 November 2003.