Vladimir Hütt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Estonian philosopher
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Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg
About Vladimir Hütt
- Vladimir Hütt (18 April 1936 in Leningrad – 4 June 1997) was an Estonian philosopher.
- He was born in Leningrad, Russia RFSR and move to Estonia after the annexation of Estonia by the USSR.
- Hütt, a physicist by education, mostly dealt with philosophy of physics, scientific world-view and the theory of cognition.
- His works followed the Marxist line of thought that was official in the USSR.
- Most of Hütt's works were published in Russian.
- In 1979 Hütt published a monographic overview entitled "Philosophical Problems of Physics in Soviet Estonia in 30 Years 1948–1978", where he expounded his philosophical ideas about the complementarity and objectivity in physical knowledge.
- In 1980s, he worked at the Obninsk State Technical University for Nuclear Power Engineering as the head of the chair of social sciences and philosophy.
- During the Perestroika era, he remained a committed communist, supporting the pro-Soviet Intermovement after its founding in the late 1980s.
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