Von Wright

Von Wright is a Swedish and Finnish noble family founded by the Scotsman George Wright, who emigrated from Dundee to Sweden in the 17th century.

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Georg Henrik von Wright

Georg Henrik von Wright (Swedish: [ˈjeːɔrj ˈhɛnːrɪk fɔnˈvrɪkːt], 14 June 1916 – 16 June 2003) was a Finnish philosopher, who succeeded Ludwig Wittgenstein as professor at the University of Cambridge. He published in English, Finnish, German, and Swedish, having belonged to the Swedish-speaking minority of Finland. Von Wright was of both Finnish and 17th-century Scottish ancestry.

Von Wright's writings come under two broad categories. The first is analytic philosophy and philosophical logic in the Anglo-American vein. His 1951 books, An Essay in Modal Logic and Deontic Logic, were landmarks in the postwar rise of formal modal logic and its deontic version. He was an authority on Wittgenstein, editing his later works. He was the leading figure in the Finnish philosophy of his time, specializing in philosophical logic, philosophical analysis, philosophy of action, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and the close study of Charles Sanders Peirce.

The other vein in von Wright's writings is moralist and pessimist. During the last twenty years of his life, under the influence of Oswald Spengler, Jürgen Habermas and the Frankfurt School's reflections about modern Rationality, he wrote prolifically. His best known article from this period is entitled The Myth of Progress, and it questions whether our apparent material and technological progress can really be considered "progress".

Gôh

Gôh Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast and is part of Gôh-Djiboua District. The region's seat is Gagnoa and its area is 6,900 km². At the 2014 census, the region had a population of 876,117.

Prior to the 2011 administrative reorganisation of Ivory Coast, the territory that is now Gôh constituted the first-level division Fromager Region. At the reorganisation, the territory was renamed Gôh and combined with Lôh-Djiboua to form the new first-level division Gôh-Djiboua District.

Departments

The region is divided into two departments: Gagnoa and Oumé.

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Gāh

Gāh (Persian: گاه‎‎) is a period of time which is dedicated to a Yazata in Zoroastrianism.

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GH

GH, Gh, gh, or .gh may refer to: