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Graduate Study in Philosophy
Graduate Study in Philosophy
at the University of Helsinki, Finland
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Helsinki offers a wide
range of philosophical expertise. It is known for its interests in
analytical philosophy and has a long tradition of research in logic,
philosophy of language, philosophy of science, action theory, moral
philosophy, and history of philosophy.
The Department is organized around the following chairs: Theoretical
Philosophy (Professor Ilkka Niiniluoto), Philosophy
(taught in Swedish, Professor Ingmar Pörn), Ethics
and Social Philosophy (Professor Timo Airaksinen), and
Philosophy and Methodology of Social Sciences (Professor Matti
Sintonen). Administratively, the first two belong to the
Faculty of Arts, the last two to the Faculty of the Social Sciences.
The Graduate Programme offers MA (Faculty of Arts), M.Soc.Sc.
(Faculty of the Social Sciences) and Ph.D. degrees. A graduate student
with a Bachelor's degree (with Philosophy as a major component) can complete
the MA/M.Soc.Sc. degree in one or two years. This programme
consists of two parts: (1) examinations based on individual options,
courses, seminars, workshops, etc. (approx. 20 credits; one credit
indicates the unit of study correlating to the average input of 40 hours
of work by the student); and (2) a short dissertation of approximately
30 000 words or 80 pages (20 credits). If the student only takes courses
etc. for 20 credits (without writing a dissertation), he or she will be
awarded a Graduate Diploma by the Department.
A graduate student with a Master's degree can be admitted to
the Ph.D. programme. This, again, consists of two parts: (1)
examinations based on individual options, courses, seminars, workshops,
etc. (35 credits); and (2) a dissertation.
The Programme emphasizes independent study on the part of the student
rather than participation in strictly scheduled course work. Some
graduate courses will be given in English every year in one or more of
the following areas of staff specialisation: (1) Philosophical
Logic, (2) Epistemology and Philosophy of Science,
(3) Philosophy of Language, Mind, and Action, (4)
History of Philosophy, (5) Moral, Social, and
Political Philosophy, (6) Applied Philosophy
Applications for the M.Phil. must be received by 31 January, and
Ph.D. applicants are advised to submit their applications by 15 August
for the autumn term and by 30 November for the spring term.
STAFF MEMBERS AND TEACHERS
1. Faculty of Arts
Lilli Alanen, Ph.D., Docent (Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of
Mind, Epistemology)
Leila Haaparanta, Ph.D., Docent (Philosophy and History of Logic,
Epistemology, Phenomenology)
Antti Hautamäki, Ph.D. Docent (Philosophical Logic, Cognitive
Science, Epistemology)
Lars Hertzberg, Ph.D., Professor (Åbo Akademi) (Ethics, Philosophy
of Language)
Jaakko Hintikka, Ph.D. Professor (Boston University) (Logic, Philosophy
of Language)
Riku Juti, Ph.D. (Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, History of 18th
Century Philosophy)
Matti Kamppinen, Ph.D. Docent (Philosophy of the Human Sciences,
Phenomenology)
Heikki Kannisto, Ph.D., Docent (Wittgenstein, Humanism, History of
Philosophy)
S. Albert Kivinen, Ph.D., Docent (Ontology, Epistemology, Ethics)
Markus Lammenranta, Ph.D. (Epistemology, Metaphysics, Aesthetics)
Heidi Liehu, Ph.D., Docent (Philosophy of Culture, History of
Philosophy, Feminism)
André Maury, Ph.D., Docent (Wittgenstein, Logic, Philosophy of
Language)
Petri Mäenpää;, Ph.D., Docent (Logic, Type Theory, History
of Science)
Ilkka Niiniluoto, Ph.D., Professor (Logic, Philosophy of Science,
Philosophy of Technology)
Jan von Plato, Ph.D., Docent (Logic, Type Theory, Philosophy and History
of Science)
Paavo Pylkkänen, Ph.D. (Cognitive Science, Philosophy of
Physics)
Pauli Pylkkö, Ph.D. (Cognitive Science, Continental Philosophy,
Semiotics)
Ingmar Pörn, Ph.D., Professor (Philosophical Logic, Social
Philosophy, Philosophy of Health)
Aarne Ranta, Ph.D., Docent (Logic, Type Theory, Theory of Language)
Veikko Rantala, Ph.D., Professor (University of Tampere) (Logic,
Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Art)
Esa Saarinen, Ph.D., Docent (History of Philosophy, Metaphilosophy,
Philosophy of Culture)
Gabriel Sandu, Ph.D., Docent (Philosophy of Language, Philosophical
Logic, Non-Classical Logics)
Frederick Stoutland, Ph.D. Professor (St. Olaf College) (Philosophy of
Action, Philosophy of Language)
G.H. von Wright, Professor Emeritus (Philosophical Logic,
Wittgenstein)
Bernt Österman, Ph.D. (Value Theory, Ethics)
2. Faculty of Social Sciences
Timo Airaksinen, Ph.D., Professor (Virtues, Justice, Well-Being,
Education)
Martin Bertman, Ph.D., Docent (Metaphilosophy, Hobbes, Political
Philosophy, Metaphysics)
Risto Hilpinen, Ph.D., Professor (University of Turku) (Logic,
Philosophy of Science)
Heta Häyry, Ph.D., Docent (Ethics, Social Philosophy, Philosophy of
Law, Applied Philosophy)
Matti Häyry, Ph.D., Docent (Ethics, Social Philosophy,
Bioethics)
Simo Knuuttila, Ph.D., Professor (Department of Systematic Theology)
(Ancient and Medieval Philosophy)
Martti Kuokkanen, Doctor of Social Science, Docent (Philosophy of
Science)
Juhani Pietarinen, Ph.D., Professor (University of Turku) (Ethics,
Social Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy)
Tapio Puolimatka, Ph.D., Docent (Ethics, Social Philosophy)
Arto Siitonen, Ph.D., Docent (Ethics, Social Philosophy, Practical
Reasoning, Value Theory)
Matti Sintonen, Ph.D., Professor (Philosophy and History of Science)
Raimo Tuomela, Ph.D., Academy Professor (Philosophy of Social Action,
Philosophy of the Social Sciences)
For further information and application forms, please contact:
Department of Philosophy
P.O. Box 24
SF - 00014 UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI
FINLAND.
Fax: +358 0 191 7627
or by e-mail.