in Questions, Quantifiers and Quantum Physics. Springer Verlag: Berlin, New York (2004) 190-258 (With Daniel Kolak)
Jaakko Hintikka is more like a scientist or a mathematician than most philosophers in that his greatest contributions derive less from his views than from his results. Hintikka, probably more than any other major philosopher , works at the intersection of traditional philosophical questions and the technical results of mathematical logic, physics, neuroscience and computer science. In this respect, he is sometimes compared with the great American philosopher W.V. Quine. However, there are many significant differences between the two. While Quine has admitted to regretfully having produced no major contribution to real logical theory, Hintikka brings his mathematical creativity to bear directly on philosophical questions, using logical techniques to reach philosophical results that, once they are understood, are as extraordinary as his technical results are indisputable.