Hi! I am a philosopher and cognitive scientist interested in how science works, how it could, and how it should work.
In 2019, I joined the permanent faculty of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Helsinki as a university lecturer (roughly equivalent to US associate professor). I’m also affiliated with the TINT Centre for Philosophy of Social Science, and a docent (academic habilitation) in Practical philosophy, University of Helsinki.
I’m currently (2020-2025) on research leave as an Academy of Finland Research Fellow. The aim of my project is to better understand scientific problem-solving: Science is the humanity’s most successfu…
Hi! I am a philosopher and cognitive scientist interested in how science works, how it could, and how it should work.
In 2019, I joined the permanent faculty of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Helsinki as a university lecturer (roughly equivalent to US associate professor). I’m also affiliated with the TINT Centre for Philosophy of Social Science, and a docent (academic habilitation) in Practical philosophy, University of Helsinki.
I’m currently (2020-2025) on research leave as an Academy of Finland Research Fellow. The aim of my project is to better understand scientific problem-solving: Science is the humanity’s most successful problem-solving system, and the primary source of epistemic authority in modern societies. In my research, I view & model science as a distributed cognitive system, “problem-solving writ large.” How does that system function at different levels from individual scientists to research groups and scientific communities? And how should it function - what are the social, cognitive, and institutional preconditions of well-functioning scientific research?
I am also interested in cognitive diversity, coping with uncertainty, epistemology of simulation modeling, foundations of scientific classification, as well as issues related to the (cognitive) science of science, scientific discovery, science policy, evidence-based policy, boosting, and Bildung in all its forms.
