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Jaakko Hintikka

Finnish philosopher and logician1929 to 2015

Wikidata names Georg Henrik von Wright as doctoral advisor, lists 10 doctoral students, names Eino Kaila, Georg Henrik von Wright, and Oiva Ketonen as teachers, and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 6 other registers.

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Jaakko Hintikka, pictured

Two steps up and one down. Dashed lines come from thesis records, solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata10

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors3

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Eino Kaila

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Georg Henrik von Wright

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Oiva Ketonen

Taught1

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Esa Saarinen

    born 1953

The line above and below2 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 14 people: 14 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career3

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.