Jon Hellesnes (born 16 September 1939) is a Norwegian philosopher, novelist and essayist. He was appointed professor of philosophy at the

University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway ( Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway a ...

in 1985. He is a member of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick University in Christiania was establis ...

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

1939 births Living people 20th-century Norwegian philosophers 20th-century Norwegian novelists 21st-century Norwegian novelists Academic staff of the University of Tromsø Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters 20th-century Norwegian essayists 21st-century Norwegian essayists 21st-century Norwegian philosophers {{Norway-novelist-stub