TINT - Centre for Philosophy of Social Science

Welcome to our next week's Perspectives on Science Seminar on Monday, May 18, Magdalena Małecka (University of Copenhagen) will give a talk titled “Theories of decision-making in economics from the perspective of integrated history and philosophy of science in practice”. All welcome! More here:

18.5. Perspectives on Science Seminar: Magdalena Małecka – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science Dear All, In our next week’s Perspectives on Science Seminar, Magdalena Małecka (University of Copenhagen) will give a talk titled “Theories of decision-making in economics from the perspective of integrated history and philosophy of science in practice”. The seminar will take place in M...

In our next week's Perspectives on Science Seminar on Monday, May 4, Kerry McKenzie (University of California San Diego) will give a talk titled “Integrated History and Philosophy of Science: From Arguments to Aesthetics”. All welcome! More here:

4.5. Perspectives on Science Seminar: Kerry McKenzie – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science Dear All, In our next week’s Perspectives on Science Seminar, Kerry McKenzie (University of California, San Diego) will give a talk titled “Integrated History and Philosophy of Science: From Arguments to Aesthetics”. The seminar will take place online on Zoom and in Metsätalo room 10 fr...

In our next week's Perspectives on Science Seminar on Monday, April 20, Faik Kurtulmus (Sabancı University) will give a talk titled "Justice in the Distribution of Knowledge". All are welcome! Abstract of the talk, and more here:

20.4. Perspectives on Science Seminar: Faik Kurtulmus – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science Dear All, In our next week’s Perspectives on Science Seminar, Faik Kurtulmus (Sabancı University) will give a talk titled “Justice in the Distribution of Knowledge” on his joint work with Gürol Irzik. The seminar will take place online on Zoom and in Metsätalo room 10 from 14:15 to 15:45 on...

Welcome to our next week's Perspectives on Science Seminar on Monday, March 30, where Panu Raatikainen (University of Tampere) will give a talk titled “Consciousness, Materialism, and Explanation”. All welcome! Abstract of the talk, and more here:

30.3. Perspectives on Science Seminar: Panu Raatikainen – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science Dear All, In our next week’s Perspectives on Science Seminar, Panu Raatikainen (University of Tampere) will give a talk titled “Consciousness, Materialism, and Explanation”. The seminar will take place in Metsätalo room 10, and online on Zoom from 14:15 to 15:45 on Monday, March 30, 2026. Per...

“Reason and Power in Argumentation: The Case of Conspiracy Theories” by Catarina Dutilh Novaes (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), an in-person only seminar on Monday, March 16, in Helsinki. The event is organized together with the Helsinki Philosophy Colloquium. All welcome! More information here: https://tint-helsinki.fi/2026/03/09/16-3-perspectives-on-science-helsinki-philosophy-colloquium-seminar-with-catarina-dutilh-novaes/

In our next week's Perspectives on Science Seminar on Monday, March 2, Inkeri Koskinen & Santtu Kauppila (TINT / Helsinki) will give a talk titled “Towards a Satisfactory Social Epistemology of AI-based Science: Forward-looking trust in collective pursuit”. Abstract, and more here:

2.3. Perspectives on Science Seminar: Inkeri Koskinen and Santtu Kauppila – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science In our next week’s Perspectives on Science Seminar, Inkeri Koskinen and Santtu Kauppila (TINT / Helsinki) will give a talk titled “Towards a Satisfactory Social Epistemology of AI-based Science: Forward-looking trust in collective pursuit”. The seminar will take place in Metsätalo room 10, an...

Welcome to our next week's Perspectives on Science Seminar on Monday, February 23rd, where Robert Northcott (Birkbeck, University of London) will give a talk titled “Cherry-picking – in history and beyond”. Abstract of the talk, and more here:

23.2. Perspectives on Science Seminar: Robert Northcott – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science In our next Perspectives on Science Seminar, Robert Northcott (Birbeck, University of London) will give a talk titled “Cherry-picking – in history and beyond”. The seminar will take place online on Zoom, and in Metsätalo room 10 from 14:15 to 15:45 on Monday, February 23, 2026. The speaker wi...

Our Perspectives on Science Seminar schedule for Spring 2026 is here. All are warmly welcome!

For our last event of the year 2025, next week's Perspectives on Science Seminar on Monday, December 15th, where Siska De Baerdemaeker (Stockholm University) will give a talk titled “The pursuitworthiness of Big Science experiments”. More here:

15.12. Perspectives on Science seminar: Siska De Baerdemaeker – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science In the next Perspectives on Science Seminar, Siska De Baerdemaeker (Stockholm University) will give a talk titled “The pursuitworthiness of Big Science experiments”. The seminar takes place in Metsätalo (room 10), andonlinevia Zoom from 14:15 to 15:45 on Monday the 15th of December 2025. Please...

In the next week's Perspectives on Science Seminar on Monday, December 8th, Gilles Campagnolo (Panthéon-Sorbonne University) will give a talk titled “Need, Time, and Ignorance: Carl Menger and His Successors”. More here:

8.12. Perspectives on Science Seminar: Gilles Campagnolo – Centre for Philosophy of Social Science In the next Perspectives on Science Seminar, Gilles Campagnolo (Panthéon-Sorbonne University) will give a talk titled “Need, Time, and Ignorance: Carl Menger and His Successors”.  The seminar takes place in Metsätalo (room 10), and online via Zoom from 14:15 to 15:45 on Monday....