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Else M. Barth

Else Margarete Barth (3 August 1928, Strinda – 6 January 2015, Groningen) was a Norwegian philosopher.

She was a professor of analytic philosophy at the University of Groningen. She died here in January 2015.[1] She was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[2]

Life

She was professor in analytic philosophy at the University of Groningen, from 1977 till 1993. She made important contributions to empirical logic, study of argumentation and feminist philosophy.[3]

In Norway she was best known[4] for her study of Vidkun Quisling's idiosyncratic ideology, "Universism".[5] The book on this topic was expanded and issued in English as A Nazi Interior: Quisling's Hidden Philosophy.

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ Death announcement, Aftenposten 9 January 2015, p. 29
  2. ^ "Gruppe 3: Idéfag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. ^ Else de Jonge: Else Margarete Barth in: Philosophinnen Lexikon, Reclam Leipzig, 1994
  4. ^ Nekrolog: Else Margarete Barth in: Aftenposten 18 January 2015.
  5. ^ Dahl, Hans Fredrik; Hans Fredrik Dahl (16 September 1996). "Ny nøkkel til gåten Quisling". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). p. 4.


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