Simo Knuuttila#
| Membership Number: | 2258 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2004 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.aka.fi/en-GB/A/Academy-of-Finland/Who-we-are/Academy-Professors/Academy-Research-Fellows/Simo-Knuuttila2 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2008-2013 Head of the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Philosophical Psychology, Morality, and Politics in the Department of Systematic Theology, Academy of Finland
- 1994 Academy Professor in the Academy of Finland
- 1982 Professor of Theological Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion at the University of Helsinki
Fields of Scholarship
- Ethics
- Philosophy of religion
- History of philosophy
- Medieval theology and philosophy
- Medieval philosophy
Honours and Awards
- 2004 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 2008 Gad Rausing Award of The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters
- 2011 the Finnish Science Award
