Else M. Barth

Else Margarete Barth (3 August 1928, Strinda – 6 January 2015, Groningen) was a Norwegian philosopher. She was a professor of analytic philosophy at the University of Groningen. She was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[1] She was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1978.[2]

Else M. Barth
Born3 August 1928 Edit this on Wikidata
Died6 January 2015 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 86)
OccupationUniversity teacher Edit this on Wikidata

Life

She was professor in analytic philosophy at the University of Groningen, from 1977 till 1993. She made important contributions to empirical logic, study of argumentation and feminist philosophy.[3]

In Norway she was best known[4] for her study of Vidkun Quisling's idiosyncratic ideology, "Universism".[5] The book on this topic was expanded and issued in English as A Nazi Interior: Quisling's Hidden Philosophy.

She died in Groningen in January 2015.[6]

Selected publications
  • The Logic of the Articles in Traditional Philosophy (1974)
  • From Axiom to Dialogue (with Erik Krabbe, 1982)
  • Problems, Functions and Semantic Roles (with Rob Wiche, 1986)
  • Logic and Political Culture (ed. with E.C.W. Krabbe, 1992)
  • Women Philosophers: A Bibliography of Books (1992)
  • A Nazi Interior: Quisling's Hidden Philosophy (2003)
  • Feministische mannen. Nederland in de schaduw van Scandinavië (Feminist Men. The Netherlands in the Shadow of Scandinavia, with Henk Misset, 2010)

References
  1. "Gruppe 3: Idéfag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  2. "Else M. Barth (1928 - 2015)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  3. Else de Jonge: Else Margarete Barth in: Philosophinnen Lexikon, Reclam Leipzig, 1994
  4. Nekrolog: Else Margarete Barth in: Aftenposten 18 January 2015.
  5. Dahl, Hans Fredrik; Hans Fredrik Dahl (16 September 1996). "Ny nøkkel til gåten Quisling". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). p. 4.
  6. Death announcement, Aftenposten 9 January 2015, p. 29
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