Yrsa Neuman received a PhD on language and philosophical method in the tradition after the later Ludwig Wittgenstein from Åbo Akademi University (2015). Apart from teaching and research at Åbo, she has acted as the editor-in-chief of Nordic Wittgenstein Review (2011-17) and as the Swedish-speaking editor of the national philosophy portal Filosofia.fi (2005-2017). Her next assignment is situated at the von Wright and Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Helsinki… Read More

Roomet Jakapi is an Associate Professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Tartu, Estonia. His research and teaching are focused on Early Modern Philosophy and Philosophy of Religion. He is also a musician, a vocalist who works in the fields of experimental music and free improvisation. His latest collaborations in music include guest appearances on the albums of Finnish groups LAKI and Ville Vokkolainen & Kusipäät. Lecture /.. Read More

Yvonne Förster is currently Visiting Professor for Philosophy at Leuphana University Lüneburg. She has taught at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Bauhaus University Weimar, and recently been awarded Research Fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Studies Media Cultures of Computer Simulation in Lüneburg and at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Cultural Foundations of Social Integration at University of Konstanz. Her research focuses on human-machine relations, the future of technology, theories.. Read More

Stefan Majetschak is professor of philosophy at the School of Art and Design and at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Kassel, Germany. Book publications: Die Logik des Absoluten. Spekulation und Zeitlichkeit in der Philosophie Hegels, 1992; Ludwig Wittgensteins Denkweg, 2000, Ästhetik zur Einführung, 4th ed. 2016. Edited (Selection): Auge und Hand. Konrad Fiedlers Kunsttheorie im Kontext, 1997; Bild-Zeichen. Perspektiven einer Wissenschaft vom Bild, 2005; Klassiker der Kunstphilosophie… Read More

Pablo Jarauta is PhD in Philosophy (Universidad de Murcia, 2010). His work moves through different ideas such as utopian thought, history of cartography, cultural history of design. About this ideas he has presented numerous contributions to conferences and congresses. Among his main professional positions, highlights his residence as a researcher and professor at Duke University (2001-2002) and at the Faculty of Arts at University of Extremadura (2010-2011). Currently he is.. Read More

I’m a Finnish metaphysician, metametaphysician and Hume scholar based at the University of Tampere. I working on metaphysics of properties and relations. At the moment I’m also developing a novel metametaphysical theory about the subject matter of metaphysics. I received my PhD at the University of Tampere in 2007. My dissertation was on Hume’s scepticism about the external world. Nowadays, I’m a post-doctoral fellow at Tampere: http://www.uta.fi/yky/en/contact/personnel/janihakkarainen/index.html. I also write.. Read More

Dr. Jaana Parviainen is a philosopher and senior researcher from the University of Tampere in Finland. Her research interests include phenomenology and social epistemology especially relating to embodiment, movement and digital technology in the post-industrial economy. Her current research focuses on social robots in eldercare. Lecture / Kiasma Theater / 2 am / 20 min A Night of Philosophy in Helsinki 2’s full program

Hemmo Laiho received his PhD in philosophy from University of Turku in 2012 upon completion of his award-winning thesis Perception in Kant’s Model of Experience. Besides Kant and history of philosophy, his research interests include philosophy of perception and aesthetics. He has taught philosophy of art at TUAS Arts Academy and conducted research in University of California, first at UCLA, and then, as a Fulbright scholar, at UC San Diego… Read More

Giulia Piredda is temporary research fellow at the IUSS Center for Neurocognition, Epistemology and theoretical Syntax (Pavia) since April 2015. Her primary research interests are in the philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, with special reference to the development of situated, embodied and extended views of the mind. Her main current research project at IUSS deals with potential implementations of the extended mind approach in other domains, such as.. Read More

Anne-Kathrin Koch studied philosophy in Mainz and Darmstadt, Germany. In 2015, she joined the philosophy department at the University of Vienna. Her research focuses on the connection between relativism and skepticism. She is currently working towards her PhD. Lecture / Kiasma Theatre / 12:20 am / 20 min A Night of Philosophy in Helsinki 2’s full program