Chair of Philosophy of Science

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Jaana Eigi-Watkin
Jaana Eigi-Watkin
Head of Chair, Research Fellow in Philosophy of Science
PhD (Philosophy)

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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 
Endla Lõhkivi
Endla Lõhkivi
Associate Professor of Philosophy of Science
PhD (Philosophy)
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 
Riin Kõiv
Research Fellow in Philosophy
PhD (Philosophy)

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Topics of research and supervision

  • nature-nurture debate
  • concept of innateness
  • genetic causation and genetic information, genetic essentialism
  • biologistic explanations of psychological and cultural phenomena,
  • philosophy of mind (naturalistic theories of content and representation)
  • social constructionism
  • the philosophy of Ludwig Feuerbach
Ave Mets
Ave Mets
Research Fellow in Philosophy of Science 0.4 p
PhD (Philosophy)
Jakobi 2–323

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Topics of research and supervision

  • Philosophy and History of Science and Technology
  • Epistemology
  • Philosophy of Law