Arnór Hannibalsson (1934 – 28 December 2012) was an Icelandic philosopher, historian, and translator. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Iceland. He completed a master's degree in philosophy at the University of Moscow and a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
Arnór Hannibalsson | |
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Born | 24 March 1934 |
Died | 28 December 2012 | (aged 78)
Nationality | Icelandic |
Occupation(s) | Philosopher, historian |
He was predominantly concerned with aesthetics, philosophy, history and epistemology.[1] In 1975 he translated Roman Ingarden's On the Motives which led Husserl to Transcendental Idealism from Polish.[2] He also contributed to journals with articles such as "Icelandic Historical Science in the Postwar Period, 1944-1957".[3]
Arnór had strong anti-Communist views and was said to have been "extremely critical of the Icelandic Socialists" in his 1999/2000 book Moskvulínan: Kommúnistaflokkur Íslands og Komintern, Halldór Laxness og Sovétríkin.[4]
He was the son of Hannibal Valdimarsson, a former minister, and had several sons and one daughter, Thora Arnorsdottir.[5]
Main publications
- 1978 Rökfræðileg aðferðafræði (Logical Methodology)
- 1979 Siðfræði vísinda (Ethics of Science)
- 1985 Heimspeki félagsvísinda (Philosophy of Society)
- 1985 Um rætur þekkingar (The Roots of Knowledge)
- 1987 Fagurfræði (Aesthetics)
- 1987 Söguspeki (History Wisdom)
- 1999 Moskvulínan: Kommúnistaflokkur Íslands og Komintern, Halldór Laxness og Sovétríkin (Moscow Line: The Communist Party of Iceland and the Comintern, Halldór Laxness and the Soviet Union)