b. 1944
Wolfgang Künne is a German analytic philosopher based at the University of Hamburg, specializing in the philosophy of language, logic, and the theory of truth. He is best known for his systematic comparative study of truth theories and his defense of a 'modest' realist conception of truth. His work also engages extensively with the history of analytic philosophy, particularly Frege and Bolzano.
Authored 'Conceptions of Truth' (2003), a comprehensive critical survey of major truth theories in analytic philosophy
Developed and defended the 'modest account' of truth as a middle path between deflationism and robust correspondence theories
Contributed sustained analysis of the optimalist and other accounts of negative and general truths
Produced influential scholarship on Frege's logic and philosophy of language
Advanced study of Bolzano's contributions to logic and the theory of propositions
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