Ilkka Niiniluoto

Ilkka Maunu Olavi Niiniluoto (born 12 March 1946) is a Finnish philosopher and mathematician. He has served as a professor of philosophy at the University of Helsinki since 1981. Niiniluoto was the rector of the University of Helsinki from August 1, 2003, for five years, and later became the chancellor of the university from June 1, 2008, to 2013. His notable contributions to the philosophy of science include his work on verisimilitude, or truth approximation, detailed in his book *Truthlikeness* (1987). He also authored *Critical Scientific Realism* (2002). In the 1990s, he was involved in advocating for the removal of ecclesiastical elements from university ceremonies. Niiniluoto is the editor-in-chief of *Acta Philosophica Fennica*, a prominent Finnish philosophical journal. In 2011, he delivered a Turku Agora Lecture.