Dagfinn Føllesdal

Dagfinn Føllesdal
Born(1932-06-22)22 June 1932
Askim, Norway
Died1 March 2026(2026-03-01) (aged 93)
Education
EducationUniversity of Oslo
Harvard University
Doctoral advisorWillard Van Orman Quine
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy (early)
Continental philosophy: phenomenology/hermeneutics (late)
InstitutionsHarvard University
Stanford University
Main interestsPhilosophy of language
Notable ideasBridging analytic philosophy and phenomenology

Dagfinn Føllesdal (22 June 1932 – 1 March 2026) was a Norwegian-born American philosopher. He was the Clarence Irving Lewis Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Stanford University and professor emeritus at the University of Oslo.