Knut Erik Tranøy

{{Short description|Norwegian philosopher}}

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{{Infobox philosopher

| region = Western philosophy

| era = Contemporary philosophy

| name = Knut Erik Tranøy

| image =

| birth_name = {{Birth date|1918|12|10|df=y}}

| birth_date = Kristiania, Norway

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|3|19|1918|12|10|df=y}}

| death_place =

| school_tradition = Analytic

| main_interests = {{plainlist|

• Ethics }}

| notable_ideas =

| education = University of Cambridge (PhD, 1953)"Knut Erik Tranøy", Aftenposten, 29 March 2012.

| doctoral_advisor = C. D. BroadKnut E. Tranøy, "Wittgenstein in Cambridge 1949–1951: Some Personal Recollections", in: F. A. Flowers III, Ian Ground (eds.), Portraits of Wittgenstein: Abridged Edition, Bloomsbury Academic, 2018, p. 452.

| institutions = {{plainlist|

• University of Bergen
• University of Oslo }}

| influences =

| influenced =

| awards = {{plainlist|

• Order of St. Olav (2002)}}

}}

Knut Erik Tranøy (10 December 1918{{spaced ndash}}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.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Knut Erik Tranøy |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=Henriksen, Petter |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Knut_Erik_Tranøy |language=Norwegian|accessdate=30 June 2010}}{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Knut Erik Tranøy |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Dagfinn |last=Føllesdal |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Knut_Erik_Tranøy/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=30 June 2010}}

He resided at Fossum terrasse.{{cite news|title=knut Erik Tranøy 85 år 10. desember|agency=Norwegian News Agency|date=14 November 2003|language=Norwegian}}