Erik Gustav Ahlman (8 May 1892 – 27 August 1952) was a Finnish philosopher and linguist. Ahlman initiated his academic career as a classical philologist. Ahlman was born in Turku. He worked as a theoretical science education professor at the Jyväskylä College of Education from 1935 to 1948 (rector from 1940 to 1948) and then Professor of Moral Philosophy of the

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from 1948–1952. His most important works are ''Arvojen ja välineiden maailma'' (1920), ''Kulttuurin perustekijöitä'' (1939) and ''Ihmisen probleemi'' (1953). Erik Ahlman's daughter was a professor of psychology at the

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, Kirsti Lagerspetz (1932–2001). The family's philosophical traditions have continued at the University of Turku with philosophy professor Eerik Lagerspetz (1956–) and Åbo Akademi University philosophy professor Olli Lagerspetz (1963–).

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