Jakobi 2, III korrus, ruumid 315, 319-326, 328, 336-337
51005 Tartu linn,
Tartu linn, Tartumaa
EST
+372 737 5314

Department of Philosophy

Jakobi 2, III korrus, ruumid 315, 319-326, 328, 336-337
51005 Tartu linn,
Tartu linn, Tartumaa
EST
+372 737 5314
Phone: (+372) 737 5314, library phone (+372) 737 5413
E-mail: [email protected]
Department library: room 329
Faculty offices: rooms 321-328
Lecture and seminar rooms: 336 and 337

Please contact the Coordinator of the Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics, Ruth Jürjo for any study-related or administrative questions: [email protected], phone 737 5314, Jakobi 2-315

Please contact the Institute's Marketing and Communications Specialist (0.8p), Margot Must for any questions related to her work: [email protected], +372 506 3686, Jakobi 2-319.

Kadri Simm
Kadri Simm
PhD (Philosophy)
Head of Department

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Topics of research and supervision

  • Moral philosophy
  • Practical ethics, esp bioethics, medical ethics, ethical aspects of AI
  • Research ethics/integrity
  • Political philosophy, esp justice, feminist theories
Roomet Jakapi
Roomet Jakapi
PhD (Philosophy)
Head of Chair, Associate Professor of History of Philosophy
Jakobi 2–325

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Topics of research and supervision

  • Early Modern Metaphysics and Epistemology
  • Natural Philosophy and Theology in Early Modern Britain
  • Epistemology of Religion
  • Religious Pluralism
Riin Sirkel
Riin Sirkel
PhD (Philosophy)
Associate Professor of Ancient Philosophy
Jakobi 2–325

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Topics of research and supervision

Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy from metaphysics to ethics, and in particular:

  • Aristotle
  • The Stoics
  • Philosophy of the Ancient Greek Commentators (200–600 AD) – bridging Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
Andrus Tool
Andrus Tool
PhD (Philosophy)
Lecturer in History of Philosophy 0.75 p
Jakobi 2-324

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Topics of research and supervision

  • History of Philosophy
  • Hermeneutics
Toomas Lott
Toomas Lott
PhD (Philosophy)
Research Fellow in History of Philosophy 0.2 p
Jakobi 2–325

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Topics of research and supervision

  • History of Philosophy (Ancient)
  • Epistemology
Gareth Hugh Paterson
MPhil (Philosophy)
Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy
Jakobi 2–325
Styliani Perikleous
MPhil (Philosophy)
Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy
Jakobi 2–321
Pärtel Piirimäe
Pärtel Piirimäe
PhD (History)
Head of Chair, Professor of Intellectual History
Jakobi 2-324

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Topics of research and supervision

  • European and Estonian intellectual history
  • Early modern political thought and international thought
  • History of early modern international law
  • History of early modern natural law and moral philosophy
  • History of early modern propaganda
  • History of historiography
Meelis Friedenthal
Meelis Friedenthal
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Associate Professor of Early Modern Intellectual History 0.5 p
Jakobi 2–324

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Topics of research and supervision

  • History of European and Estonian intellectual history
  • History of theology and philosophy
  • History of universities, history of books, disputations, digital humanities
Eduard Parhomenko
Eduard Parhomenko
MA (Philosophy)
Junior Lecturer in History of Philosophy
Jakobi 2-324

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Topics of research and supervision

  • Kant and German Idealism
  • Phenomenology
  • Aesthetics and Phenomenological Approach to Art
  • Estonian Intellectual History and Philosophy
  • Soviet Philosophy
Juhan Hellerma
PhD (Philosophy)
Research Fellow in Intellectual History

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Topics of research and supervision

  • Phenomenology
  • Philosophy of History
Jaanus Sooväli
Jaanus Sooväli
PhD (Philosophy)
Research Fellow in Intellectual History
Jakobi 2-325

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Topics of research and supervision

  • History of Philosophy
  • History of Estonian Thought
  • 20th-Century Philosophy
Karin Kustassoo
Karin Kustassoo
PhD (Philosophy)
Visiting Research Fellow
Jakobi 2–323

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Topics of research and supervision

  • Martin Heidegger’s early philosophy
  • Phenomenology
  • Existentialism
Ove Averin
Ove Averin
MA (Philosophy)
Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy, Programme Director
Jakobi 2–326

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Topics of research and supervision

  • Student disputations

  • History of Academia Gustaviana

Kaarina Rein
PhD (Anthropology of Religion)
Editor 0.2 p
Jakobi 2–324
Kadri Simm
Kadri Simm
PhD (Philosophy)
Head of Chair, Professor of Practical Ethics
Jakobi 2–328

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Topics of research and supervision

  • Moral philosophy
  • Practical ethics, esp bioethics, medical ethics, ethical aspects of AI
  • Research ethics/integrity
  • Political philosophy, esp justice, feminist theories
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Margit Sutrop
Dr. phil. (Philosophy)
Professor of Practical Philosophy 0.5 p
+372 737 5327
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Jakobi 2–332

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Topics of research and supervision

  • Ethics
  • Aesthetics
  • Philosophy of education
Francesco Orsi
Francesco Orsi
PhD (Philosophy)
Associate Professor of Theoretical Ethics, Programme Director for Philosophy (MA)
Jakobi 2-326

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Topics of research and supervision

  • Ethics (utilitarianism, deontology etc)
  • Metaethics
  • History of ethics
  • Practical ethics
  • Ethics and philosophy of sexuality
  • Philosophy of action
Siobhan Kattago
Siobhan Ann Kattago
PhD (Sociology)
Associate Professor of Political Philosophy
Jakobi 2–320

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Topics of research and supervision

  • Modernity and its discontents
  • History of political thought
  • Political philosophy of Hannah Arendt
  • Memory, history and tradition
  • Critical theory of the Frankfurt school
  • Political and social philosophy
  • Politics of memory
  • Representation and responsibility
Mats Volberg
Mats Volberg
PhD (Philosophy)
Lecturer in Practical Philosophy 0.2 p
Jakobi 2–326

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Topics of research and supervision

  • Political Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Philosophy of Education
Andrey Gavrilin
MA (Philosophy)
Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy
Jakobi 2-326
Emmi Jennina Kaaya
MA (Philosophy)
Junior Research Fellow in Practical Philosophy
Bruno Mölder
Bruno Mölder
Dr. phil. (Philosophy)
Head of Chair, Professor of Philosophy of Mind
+372 737 6619
Jakobi 2–321

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Topics of research and supervision

Philosophy of mind in general and in particular:

  • Interpretivism in philosophy of mind
  • Mental fictionalism
  • Folk psychology and scientific study of the mind
  • Experience of time and the metaphysics of time
  • Understanding other people
  • Free will
Alexander Stewart Davies
Alexander Stewart Davies
PhD (Philosophy)
Associate Professor of Philosophy of Language, Programme Director for Philosophy
Jakobi 2–319

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Topics of research and supervision

  • Philosophy of Language (e.g. applied, Estonian-related, social and political
  • Epistemology of Testimony (especially miscommunication)
Uku Tooming
Uku Tooming
PhD (Philosophy)
Associate Professor of Theoretical Philosophy
Jakobi 2–321

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Topics of research and supervision

  • Imagination
  • Desires
  • Epistemology of imagination and memory
  • Self-knowledge
  • Aesthetic normativity
  • Aesthetic experience
  • Pleasure
Simon Reginald Barker
PhD (Philosophy)
Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy 0.25 p
Jakobi 2–320
Vivian Puusepp
Vivian Puusepp
PhD (Philosophy)
Research Fellow in Theoretical Philosophy
Jakobi 2–328

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Topics of research and supervision

  • Philosophy of mind
  • Phenomenology
  • Social cognition
Martin Aher
PhD (Cognitive Science)
Visiting Research Fellow
Henrik Sova
PhD (Philosophy)
Visiting Research Fellow
Indrek Lõbus
PhD (Philosophy)
Visiting Research Fellow
Miriana Maio
mag (Language and mind: linguistics and cognitive studies)
Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy
Jakobi 2–321
Hamza Naseer
MA (Philosophy)
Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy
Jakobi 2–321
Sadaf Ghaffari Zaki
MPhil (Philosophy)
Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy
Jakobi 2–321
Edit Talpsepp
Edit Talpsepp
PhD
Acting Head of Chair, Research Fellow in Philosophy of Science
Jakobi 2-323

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Topics of research and supervision

Philosophy of Science (Biology)

Endla Lõhkivi
Endla Lõhkivi
PhD (Philosophy)
Associate Professor of Philosophy of Science
Jakobi 2-323

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Topics of research and supervision

  • Empirically informed philosophy of science
  • Values in science
  • Cultures of scientific research
  • Objectivity of science
  • Disciplinary and interdisciplinary research practices
Ave Mets
Ave Mets
PhD (Philosophy)
Research Fellow in Philosophy of Science 0.4 p
Jakobi 2–323

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Topics of research and supervision

  • Philosophy and History of Science and Technology
  • Epistemology
  • Philosophy of Law
Jaana Eigi-Watkin
Jaana Eigi-Watkin
PhD (Philosophy)
Research Fellow in Philosophy of Science (employment contract suspended)

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Topics of research and supervision

  • Social factors in science
  • Epistemic/inductive risk
  • Science in democratic society
  • Participation of non-scientists in science
  • Empirically informed philosophy of science
  • Objectivity