Jon Hellesnes

{{Short description|Norwegian philosopher, novelist and essayist}}

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Jon Hellesnes (born 16 September 1939) is a Norwegian philosopher, novelist and essayist.

He was appointed professor of philosophy at the University of Tromsø in 1985.{{cite encyclopedia |year=2007 |title=Hellesnes, Jon |encyclopedia=Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location= |url=http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=587107 }}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.{{cite web|url=http://www.dnva.no/c26848/artikkel/vis.html?tid=27639|title=Gruppe 3: Idéfag|publisher=Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters|language=Norwegian|accessdate=28 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927170302/http://www.dnva.no/c26848/artikkel/vis.html?tid=27639|archive-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead}}

Selected bibliography

This is a list of his most notable works:

=Academic=

  • Sosialisering og teknokrati (1975)
  • Jakta etter svikaren (1978)
  • Hermeneutikk og kultur (1988)
  • René Descartes (1999)
  • Om Hans Skjervheim (1999)

=Other=

  • Carolus, klovnen (novel, 1982)
  • Farar i metropolis (essays, 1984)
  • Den postmoderne anstalten (novel, 1986)
  • Maska bak andletet (essays, 2002)
  • Illusjon? (essays, 2004)
  • Om livstolkning (essays, 2007).

References