Holberg Symposium 2009: Dagfinn Føllesdal: Social Construction of the Objective World

Lecture by Professor Dagfinn Føllesdal, University of Oslo, at the 2009 Holberg Prize Symposium. The Symposium was held in honor of the Holberg Laureate 2009, Ian Hacking. Professor DAgfinn Føllesdal studied science and mathematics in Oslo and Göttingen 1950-57, philosophy at Harvard.Ph.D. Harvard 1961, then taught at Harvard and later at Oslo (1967-99) and Stanford. About 30 books written and edited, 200 articles, translated into nineteen languages, 20 articles reprinted in anthologies. Chair of committees and boards appointed by the Norwegian Government, the Norwegian Research Council, UNESCO and other international organizations.