Academic Ancestry

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Esa Saarinen

Finnish philosopherborn 1953

Supervised 10 doctoral students at Aalto University between 2012 and 2025; Wikidata names Jaakko Hintikka as teacher and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Esa Saarinen, pictured

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Teachers and mentors1

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Jaakko Hintikka

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Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Pekka Himanen

    born 1973

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    Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 10 people: 10 cited by thesis records.

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    From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.