Guttorm Fløistad (born 5 December 1930) is a Norwegian philosopher. He was born in Arendal as a son of sawmill owner Ivar Fløistad (1900–1974) and Thordis Renskaug (1905–1954). He is married to teacher Kirsten Kathrine Kaspersen. He is a grandson of politician Guttorm Fløistad and great-grandson of politician Ivar Guttormsen Fløistad. He was a professor of the

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at the

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from 1973 to his retirement. He has published on the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza and

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, and on

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1930 births Living people People from Arendal Norwegian philosophers Academic staff of the University of Oslo 20th-century Norwegian philosophers {{Norway-academic-bio-stub