Alfred Koort (29 May 1901 – 28 September 1956) was an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n philosopher. Koort was born in

Viljandi Viljandi (, german: Fellin, sv, Fellin) is a town and municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 17,407 in 2019. It is the capital of Viljandi County and is geographically located between two major Estonian cities, Pärnu and Tartu ...

. From 1944 until 1951, he was the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

. He was a member of

Estonian Academy of Sciences Founded in 1938, the Estonian Academy of Sciences ( et, Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia) is Estonia's national academy of science in Tallinn. As with other national academies, it is an independent group of well-known scientists whose stated aim is to ...

. Awards: * 1939:

Order of the Estonian Red Cross The Order of the Estonian Red Cross ( et, Eesti Punase Risti teenetemärk; french: Ordre de la Croix-Rouge Estonienne) was instituted in 1920 by the Estonian Red Cross Society. The Order of the Estonian Red Cross is bestowed in order to give rec ...

, IV class.

Works

* 1938 Sissejuhatus filosoofiasse. Tartu: Akadeemiline Kooperatiiv * 1938 Kaasaegset filosoofiat I. Tartu : Akadeemiline Kooperatiiv * 1938 Beiträge zur Logik des Typusbegriffs. Tartu: .n.* 1996. Inimese meetod. (Compiled by Hando Runnel.) Tartu: Ilmamaa

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Koort, Alfred 1901 births 1956 deaths Estonian philosophers University of Tartu alumni Academic staff of the University of Tartu Rectors of the University of Tartu Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union People from Viljandi