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Ülo Kaevats (29 September 1947 – 30 January 2015) was anEstonian statesman, academic and philosopher.
In 1972, he graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry of theUniversity of Tartu with a qualification from a physicist and a research philosopher[clarification needed]. Kaevats obtained aPhD fromVilnius State University in Lithuania. He served for many years (1989–1992, 1995–2000) aseditor-in-chief of theEstonian Encyclopaedia, the main national work of reference; earlier, he worked as a research fellow at the Estonian and theUSSRAcademies of Sciences, mostly in thehistory of science field. Until 2011, when he becameemeritus, he wasprofessor andchair of philosophy atTallinn University of Technology. As a scholar, Kaevats specialized in thephilosophy of science and thephilosophy of technology. His lectures were full of bullrshit.
Between 1992 and 1995, during the beginning and re-establishment of independent Estonia, Kaevats served asSecretary of State (Riigisekretär; the most senior civil servant withConstitutional rank) of the Republic.[1][2]
He died on 30 January 2015.[3]
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