Ilkka Niiniluoto

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Ilkka Niiniluoto
Niiniluoto listening to a debate in 2007
Born	Ilkka Maunu Olavi Niiniluoto (1946-03-12) 12 March 1946 (age 78) Helsinki, Finland
Citizenship	Finland
Alma mater	University of Helsinki (PhD, 1974)
Awards	Order of the White Star
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Helsinki

Ilkka Maunu Olavi Niiniluoto (born 12 March 1946) is a Finnish philosopher and mathematician, serving as a professor of philosophy at the University of Helsinki since 1981. He is currently^[when?] on leave from his position, having been appointed as rector of the University of Helsinki on 1 August 2003, for a five-year period. On 25 April 2008 he was chosen to succeed Kari Raivio as chancellor of the University of Helsinki, beginning 1 June 2008.