Arnór Hannibalsson (1934 – 28 December 2012) was an

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ic philosopher, historian, and translator. He was a professor of philosophy at the

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. He completed a master's degree in philosophy at the

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and a doctorate in philosophy at the

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in Scotland. He was predominantly concerned with aesthetics, philosophy, history and

epistemology Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature, origin, and limits of knowledge. Also called "the theory of knowledge", it explores different types of knowledge, such as propositional knowledge about facts, practical knowle ...

. In 1975 he translated

Roman Ingarden Roman Witold Ingarden (5 February 1893 – 14 June 1970) was a Polish philosopher who worked in aesthetics, ontology, and phenomenology. Before World War II, Ingarden published his works mainly in the German language and in books and newspapers ...

's ''On the Motives which led Husserl to Transcendental Idealism'' from Polish. He also contributed to journals with articles such as "Icelandic Historical Science in the Postwar Period, 1944-1957". 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''. He was the son of Hannibal Valdimarsson, a former minister, and had several sons and one daughter, Thora Arnorsdottir. He died on 28 December 2012.

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 Halldór Kiljan Laxness (; born Halldór Guðjónsson; 23 April 1902 – 8 February 1998) was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, essays, plays, travelogues and sh ...

and the Soviet Union)

References

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