In the history of thought, Erkki Kurenniemi is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Erkki Kurenniemi as Finnish designer, philosopher and artist, pionier of electronic music as designer of electronic instruments and composer (1941–2017).
Erkki Kurenniemi was born at Hämeenlinna in 1941. His recorded nationality is Finland.
Twentieth-century philosophy was marked by war, exile and ideology; many of its central figures wrote in flight or under censorship.
The discipline keeps its dead in print, because the arguments are still open.
Recognition followed: Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland (2011).
That the work was done from Finland matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Erkki Kurenniemi died in 2017, aged 76. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland — 2011
