Sami Pihlström#
| Membership Number: | 3961 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2015 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://tuhat.halvi.helsinki.fi/portal/en/persons/sami-pihlstroem%28813eefa4-1678-465a-829f-c6e663f275b9%29.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014, 08- (current permanent position): Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki, Finland (full professorship, permanent appointment, on a leave until 2015, 07).
- 2009, 08 - 2015, 07: Director, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki.
- 2006, 09 - 2014, 07: Professor of Practical Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, Finland (permanent appointment to a full professorship, on a leave 2006-2007 and 2009-2014 due to other appointments). (Deputy Head of the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, 2008, 04 - 2009, 07.)
- 2005, 10 - 2007, 07: Professor of Philosophy (acting), University of Tampere, Finland. (Head of the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Philosophy, 2007, 01 - 2007, 07.)
- 2001, 08 - 2005, 09: University Lecturer of Theoretical Philosophy (permanent appointment), University of Helsinki (on a leave 2001-2002).
- 1999, 08 - 2002, 07: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Academy of Finland.
- 1998, 08 - 1999, 07: Professor of Philosophy (acting), University of Kuopio, Finland.
Fields of Scholarship
- Philosophy
- Philosophy of religion
- Pragmatism
- Metaphysics
- Ethics
- Philosophical anthropology
- Transcendental philosophy
- Metaphilosophy
- Problem of evil
Honours and Awards
- 2011 - 2013 Argumenta Project Grant (special interdisciplinary program), Finnish Cultural Foundation
- 2008 - 2013 Nordic Pragmatism Network project grants from NOS-HS and NordForsk
- Academy of Finland research projects, 2003-2006 and 2008-2011.
- 2004 University of Kentucky Philosophy Essay Prize
