Department of Philosophy
Åbo Akademi University
FIN - 20 500 Åbo
FINLAND

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Curriculum Vitae

As of 12 February 2007

FULL NAMES: Olli Markus Lagerspetz

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 23 february 1963, Åbo

CURRENT POSITION: Professor of Philosophy 1 February to 31 July 2007

EDUCATION AND DEGREES AWARDED

  • Master of Politics (sociology), Åbo Akademi University, 1989
    (Eximia cum laude approbatur)
  • Graduate non-degree student of philosophy, 1990-1991
    The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
  • Licentiate of Philosophy, Åbo Akademi University, 1992 (Eximia cum laude approbatur)
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Åbo Akademi University, 1996 (Eximia cum laude approbatur)
  • Docent, Åbo Akademi University, 1999
  • Qualified for Chair in practical philosophy (The University of Stockholm), 2001
  • Qualified for Chair in theoretical philosophy (The University of Jyväskylä), 2007

PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING

  • Pedagogical training according to the Turku Conservatoire curriculum, 1989-90, graded excellent (5/5)
  • Pedagogic I, Trial lecture at Turku Conservatoire 25. 5. 1992, graded Excellent (21/25).
  • Docentship, 24. 11. 1999. The Faculty of Humanities considered the applicant’s good teaching skills already to be sufficiently documented and decided for this reason that there was no need for a trial lecture.
  • Presentation Skills for Research Staff, Åbo Akademi Centre of adult Continuing Education, 25 and 1 November 1996 (16 hrs).
  • Retorik och uppläggande av presentationer [Rhetorics], Åbo Akademi Centre of Adult Continuing Education, 9.12. 2004.
  • Opinnäytetyön kynnyskysymyksiä [Supervision of thesis work] 10.2. 2005, Turun ammattikorkeakoulu [Turku Vocational University].
  • University Pedagogics (Inlärning och undervisning för universitetslärare, 6 studieveckor) at Åbo Akademi University, the Faculty of Education, completed 16.3. 2006.
  • Trial Lecture for the Chair in Theoretical Philosophy, Jyväskylä University, 14.12.2006. Graded by the Faculty of Social Sciences as very good (‘hyvin hyvä’)

PRINCIPAL PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Research assistant, The Institute for Women’s Studies, Åbo Akademi University, 1.4-31.5. 1987
  • Research assistant, The Department of Sociology, Åbo Akademi University, 1.8-31.8. 1987
  • Research assistant, The Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University, 1.12-31.12. 1988
  • Acting teaching assistant, The Department of Sociology, Åbo Akademi University, 16.10-31.12. 1989
  • Acting teaching assistant, The Department of Philosophy, Åbo Akademi University, 1.1.-31.7. 1990
  • Research project, The Academy of Finland, 1.8. 1991-31.8. 1992.
  • Teaching assistant, The Department of Philosophy, Åbo Akademi University, 1.8.1992-31.7.1997 (research leave 1.8.1992-31.7.1994, 1.8.1995-31.7.1996).
  • Lecturer (Grade A = fixed term contract), Department of Philosophy, The University of Wales at Swansea, 1.9. 1992-31.8.1996 (on leave in the academic year of 1994/5).
  • Lecturer (Grade B = tenured), Department of Philosophy, The University of Wales at Swansea, 1.9.1996-31.8.1998 (on leave in the academic years of 1996/7, 1997/8).
  • Acting professor (”forskningsledare”), The Department of Philosophy, Åbo Akademi University, 1.8.1997-31.7.1998.
  • Research grant, Stiftelsens för Åbo Akademi forskningsinstitut, 1.8.1998-31.12.1998.
  • Research project, the Academy of Finland, 1.1. 1999-31.7. 2000
  • Postdoctoral fellow, the Academy of Finland, 1.8. 2000-31.12. 2002.
  • Professor of Philosophy, Åbo Akademi University, 27.1.2003-28.2.2003
  • Professor of philosophy, Åbo Akademi University, 1.2.2004-1.3. 2004.
  • Professor of Philosophy, Åbo Akademi University, 1.8.2004-31.7.2005
  • Senior Lecturer (“Akademilektor”), fixed term contract, Philosophy, Åbo Akademi University, 1.8.2005-31.12.2005
  • Senior Lecturer (“Akademilektor”), tenured, Philosophy, Åbo Akademi University, appointed 1 January 2006

RESEARCH AWARDS; HONOURS AND MAJOR STIPENDIARY SUPPORT

  • Research grant, Waldemar von Frenckell Foundation, 1989
  • ‘Tieteeni 2000’ scientific writing contest, Tiede 2000, 2 prize, 1990
  • 'Honorary winner' of the Han Essay contest. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, 1991
  • Research grant, Stiftelsens för Åbo Akademi forskningsinstitut, 1998
  • Research grant, Oskar Öflund Foundation (for 2003-4), 2002
  • Research grant, Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation (for 2003-4), 2002
  • Research grant, Otto A. Malms donationsfond (for 2003-4), 2002
  • Research grant, Ragnar, Ester, Rolf och Margareta Bergboms fond Inom Svenska litteratursällskapet I Finland, 20041991

OTHER ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • Supervisor for 1 doctoral student (Martin Nybom)
  • Referee for 4 doctoral dissertations: Stefan Eriksson, Theology/ Uppsala University, 1998, Jukka Varelius, Practical Philosophy/ the University of Turku, 2002, Aleksander Motturi, Philosophy/ Åbo Akademi University, 2002, Jaison A. Manjaly, Philosophy of Mind/ Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 2007.
  • Oral examiner for 2 doctoral dissertations (Jukka Varelius, Practical Philosophy/the University of Turku 2002; Harri Stenberg/theoretical Philosophy, the University of Helsinki 2005).
  • Referee for 2 Licentiate theses (Mikael Lindfelt, Theology/Åbo Akademi University 1999; Elisa Aaltola, Practical Philosophy/the University of Turku 2000).
  • Referee for 2 docentship applications (Christoffer Gefwert/ Åbo, Jukka Hankamäki/ Tampere).
  • Member, “Modernity and Moral Identity” Conference (Helsinki 17-19 August 2000), Programme Committee.
  • Head of the Organising Committee, “Wittgenstein and Philosophical Psychology” Colloquium, Åbo/ Turku 3-4 May 2003
  • Member of the Leading Group, The Finnish Graduate School of Philosophy, 2007 –
  • Deputy Member, Åbo Svenska Arbetarinstituts direktion, 1990-1994. [Swedish Community College of Turku/ Åbo, Executive Board]
  • Member, Welsh Philosophical Society.
  • Member of the Senate, Åbo Akademi University, 1999-2000. Deputy member 1998-99, 2001-2003.
  • Board member, the Faculty of Humanities, Åbo Akademi University, 2001-
  • Papers at international symposia, guest lectures, etc, see separate document.
  • Visiting teacher (ERASMUS exchange programme), The University of Wales at Lampeter, 19.2-2.3.2001.
  • Visiting Teacher (NORDPLUS exchange programme). The University of Upsala, 24-28 March 2003.
  • Referee for 2 international philosophical journals (Philosophical Psychology; Ethical Theory and Moral Practice).

LANGUAGE SKILLS

  • Finnish – Matriculation exam from a Finnish-medium Gymnasium, ‘Mother Tongue’ (Finnish) graded Laudatur
  • Swedish – Certificate (Åbo Akademi University) of complete mastery of the Swedish language
  • English – TOEFL (1990)
  • German – studies at Gymnasium
  • French – studies at Gymnasium; Åbo Akademi University, ‘Kompletteringskurs’
  • Russian – studies at Gymnasium; studies at community college
  • Danish – independent studies
  • Estonian – independent studies
  • Welsh – Cymraeg i Oedolion, CBAC (Adran Cymraeg), Nodau cyfathrebol, Lefel 2
  • Latin – Introductory course, Åbo Akademi University

Written work

A. Refereed articles in academic journals

  • (1990) Brott och straff ur ett deltagarperspektiv [Crime and punishment from a participant point of view]. Ajatus vol. 47, 77-95.
  • (1992) Legitimacy and Trust. Philosophical Investigations 15:1, 1-21.
  • (1992) Dorothea and Casaubon. Philosophy 67, 211-232.
  • (1994) Kirsti Suolinna & Olli Lagerspetz: Två kriser inom finländsk sociologi [Two crises of Finnish sociology]. Sociologisk Forskning 31:1, 3-20.
  • (1998) Att tro andra och tro på andra [Believing others and believing in others]. Ajatus vol. 54, 235-244., ISBN 951-9264-33-7. ISSN 0356-1725.
  • (1999) Onko tietoisuus elimistön organisaatiotaso? [Is consciousness a biological level of organisation?] Niin & Näin No. 20, 1/1999, 4-11.
  • (1999) Miksi värit eivät redusoidu? [On why colours do not reduce to physics] Tieteessä tapahtuu 6/1999, 12-18.
  • (2000) Är samhället baserat på tillit? [Is society based on trust?] Sosiologi idag 3/2000, 31-47.
  • (2002) Experience and Consciousness in the Shadow of Descartes. Philosophical Psychology 15, 5-18.
  • (2002) In the Industry [Review discussion of Peter Carruthers, Phenomenal Consciousness]. Inquiry 45, 541-60.
  • (2002) Smutsens teori och praktik [The theory and Practice of Dirtiness]. Res Publica nr 57, 2002, 4-20.
  • (2003) Anscombe om moralisk plikt och moraliskt förfall [Anscombe on Moral Duty and Moral Corruption]. Filosofisk Tidskrift 24: 1, 24-40.
  • (2004) K. Suolinna & O. Lagerspetz: Westermarck Seura ja modernin sosiologian etabloituminen Suomessa. Sosiologia 4/2004, vol 41, pp 337-347.
  • (2004) National Self-Determination and Ethnic Minorities. Michigan Journal of International Law 25, 1299-1317.
  • (2006) Anscombe on the Moral Ought and Moral Corruption. Philosophical Papers 35, No. 3, 435-454.

B. Chapters in books

  • (1996) Douglas on Order, Ritual, and Dirt. K Suolinna & E Ettorre & E Lahelma (ed.), Society, the Body and Well-Being, 167-186. Meddelanden från Ekonomisk-Statsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Åbo Akademi Ser A:462. Åbo. ISBN 0358-5654.
  • (1997) The Notion of Trust in Philosophical Psychology. L Alanen, S Heinämaa & T Wallgren (ed.), Commonality and Particularity in Ethics. Macmillan, Houndmills, 95-117. ISBN 0-312-17231-1.
  • (1998) Trust. Ruth Chadwick et al. (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. Vol. 4, 413-420.
  • (1998) Luottamus, yksilöllisyys ja yhteiskunta [Trust, individuality and society]. Jussi Kotkavirta & Arto Laitinen (toim.), Yhteisö. Suomen filosofisen yhdistyksen kollokvio. SoPhi, Jyväskylä, 225-236.
  • (1998) Säkerhet och osäkerhet i vetenskaperna om människan [Certainty and uncertainty in the human sciences]. Ralf Kauranen, Elina Oinas, Susan Sundback & Östen Wahlbeck (red), Sociologer om sociologi och metod. Meddelanden från Ekonomisk-Statsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Åbo Akademi ser. A:491, Åbo, 109-120.
  • (1999) Usaldus kui kôlbeline nôue [Trust as an ethical demand]. Tôlkinud Andres Luure. Kalle Kurg (red.), III Avatud ühiskonna foorum: Usaldus. Avatud Eesti Fond, Tallinn, 49-57.
  • (2000) On National Belonging. Nenad Miscevic (ed.), Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict. Philosophical Perspectives. Open Court, Chicago. 57-73.
  • (2000) Religion inom gränserna för det sägbara allena [Religion within the limits of the sayable alone]. B.Donner, O.Lagerspetz, H.Nykänen (red.): Dörrar. Filosofisk vänbok till Göran Torrkulla. Filosofiska institutionen vid Åbo Akademi, Åbo, 19-27.
  • (2001) Vertrauen als geistiges Phänomen. Martin Hartmann & Claus Offe (Hg.), Vertrauen. Die Grundlage des sozialen Zusammenhalts. Campus Verlag, Franfurt/New York. 85-113.
  • (2002) Puhtaus ja lika tosiasian ja käytännön rajalla [Dirt and Cleanliness at the Border between Facts and Practices]. In: S Pihlström, K Rolin & F Ruokonen (ed.), Käytäntö. Yliopistopaino, Helsinki, 92-100. ISBN 951-570-531-2.
  • (2006) K. Suolinna & O. Lagerspetz: Westermarck samfundet och etableringen av den moderna sociologin i Finland. In S. Sundback & K. Suolinna (red.), I Westermarcks skugga. Sociologins första decennier i miljön kring Åbo Akademi. Meddelanden från Ekonomisk-Statsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Åbo Akademi, Ser. A:551.

C. Books and monographs

  • (1989) Begreppet brott [The concept of crime]. Meddelanden från Ekonomisk-Statsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Åbo Akademi ser. A:291, Åbo. ISBN 0358-5654. 67 pages.
  • (1990) Kvinnor och män i teknikens värld [Women and men in a world of technology]. Institutet för kvinnoforskning, Åbo. ISBN 951-649-760-8. 138 pages.
  • (1998) Trust: The Tacit Demand. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. ISBN 0-7923-4874-5. xi + 164 + 13 pages.
  • (2006) Smuts. En bok om världen, vårt hem [Dirt. A Book on the World, our Home]. Brutus Östlings bokförlag Symposion, Stockholm/Stehag. ISBN 91-7139-765-5. 295 pages.

D. Dissertation

  • (1996) The Tacit Demand: A Study in Trust. Filosofiska institutionen, Åbo Akademi, Åbo. ISBN 951-650-810-3. vi + 151 + 19 pages.

E. Other

(1) Journal and newspaper articles

  • (1990) Arkielämän tietoa [Everyday knowledge]. Tieteeni 2000 - toinen sija kirjoituskilpailussa. Tiede 2000 10:1, p. 13.
  • (1991) Kirsti Suolinna & Olli Lagerspetz: Westermarck samfundet som språkrör för den moderna sociologin [The Westermarck Society as an exponent of modern sociology]. Finsk Tidskrift vol. 229-230:1, p. 24-36.
  • (1992) Tilliten och 'det tysta kravet' [Trust and the 'tacit demand']. Finsk Tidskrift vol. 231-232:3, p. 139-147.
  • (1994) Tillit - psykologiskt svårfångad [Trust - psychologically elusive]. Finsk Tidskrift vol. 235-236, p. 627-638.
  • (1995) Människor, hjärnor, urverk, pianon [Human beings, brains, clockworks, pianos]. Hufvudstadsbladet 6.8.1995 p. 10.
  • (1996) Miten luottamushenkilön vaali eroaa missikisoista? [Election vs. beauty contest] Tehy 19b/1996 p. 23.
  • (1997) Kaikella kysymisellämme on lopulta rajansa [Our questions come to an end]. Keskisuomalainen 20.3.1997 p. 2.
  • (1997) 'Känna', 'lojalitet', 'smuts', 'svek', 'tillit'. Göran Dahlberg (red.): Familjen - en encyklopedi. Specialnummer av tidskriften Glänta, April 1997, §§ 100-101, 104-105, 147-148, 152, 168.
  • (1997) Fakta och fiktion i hjärnforskningen [Facts and fiction in brain research]. Åbo Underrättelser 30.8.1997 p. 2.
  • (1998) Luottamus inhimillisenä kasvualustana [Trust and human growth]. Ryhmätyö 27:1,.2-4.
  • (2001) Gränserna för självbestämmande och människovärde [The limits of autonomy and human worth].
    • Omslaget 1/2001, 28-33. (Lecture at the Conference of Finlands Svenska Socialförbund, Åbo 10.10.2000.)
  • (2002) Smuts och renlighet vid gränsen mellan fakta och praxis [Dirt and cleanliness at the limit between facts and practices]. Laboratorium för folk och kultur 2/2002, 9-12.
  • (2004) När civilisationsteorin kommer på besök. Magasin Brun 2/2004, p. 5.
  • (2005) Den mångtydiga färgen. Wittgenstein och Lichtenberg om färgernas filosofi. Finsk Tidskrift vol. 257-258:2, p. 109-121.
  • (2005) Medvetandefilosofi i skuggan av Descartes. Ikaros 4/2005, p 3.
  • (2006) ’Vår kultur och ’deras ’ – ingen sömlös väv [’Our’ Culture and ’theirs’ – not a seamless web]. Hufvudstadsbladet/Söndag 26.3.2006, p 12-13.
  • (2006) Smutsen är föremålens spegel. Föremålen är livets spegel. [Dirt is a Mirror of the Things. The Things are a Mirror of Life]. Theatre Programme, to the play De sju städerskorna by Jörgen Hjerdt, Dramaten, Stockholm, first performance 1 April 2006.
  • (2006) Vetenskap, dålig vetenskap och pseudovetenskap [Science, Bad Science, and Pseudo-Science]. Ikaros 2/2006, p 10.
  • (2006) Tilliten och dess kontrast [Trust and Its Contrast]. Ad Lucem 3/2006, 10-11.

(2) Book reviews

  • (1987) (Review of:) Olof Blix, 'Vård på kontrakt av kriminella narkomaner - ett alternativ till fängelse'. NAD nyhetsbrev 2:1987, 24.8. 1987.
  • (1995) (Review of:) Peter Johnson, 'Frames of Deceit'. Philosophical Investigations 18, ss. 183-187.
  • (1999) (Review of:) Martin Hollis, 'Trust within Reason'. Philosophical Investigations 22, ss. 366-370.
  • (1999) Strömlinjeformat om Wittgenstein och tro [A Streamlined Work on Wittgenstein and Religious Belief] (Review of: Stefan Eriksson, "Ett mönster i livets väv"). Filosofisk Tidskrift 2/1999.
  • (2001) (Review of:) Nigel Pleasants, ‘Wittgenstein and the Idea of a Critical Social Theory’. Philosophical Investigations 24, 207-211.
  • (2001) (Review of:) Hans Herbert Kögler & Karsten R Stueber (eds.): ‘Empathy and Agency. The Problem of Understanding in the Human Sciences’. Philosophical Investigations 24, 271-274.
  • (2002) Att höra svinets suckan [Listening to the Sighing Pig]. (Review of: Charles Ryder, ‘Det politiska djuret’ [The Political Animal] and Helena Röcklinsberg, ‘Das seufzende Schwein’). Svenska Dagbladet 16.2.2002.
  • (2003) (Review of:) Jennifer Jackson, ’Truth, Trust and Medicine’. Bioethics 17: 4, 369-371.
  • (2005) (Review of) Oswald Hanfling, Wittgenstein and the Human Form of Life. Philosophical Investigations 28, 197-200.
  • (2005) Vidräkningar med hjärnans årtionde. [Review of John Horgan: ’The Undiscovered Mind’ and Jyri Puhakainen: ’Persoonan kieltäjät’]. Ikaros 4/2005, p. 13.
  • (2006) (Review of) Richard Norman, ”On Humanism”. Philosophical Investigations 29, 387-390.

(3) Translations

  • (1995) (German to Swedish:) Jochen Temsch: Det blir nog bättre sen. Finsk Tidskrift vol. 237-238, ss. 258-267.
  • (1995) (German to Swedish:) Gertrud Rückert: Tankar om det yttersta. Svar till Temsch. Finsk Tidskrift vol. 237-238, ss. 268-276. (Unpublished)

(4) Book edited

  • (2000) B.Donner, O.Lagerspetz, H.Nykänen (ed.): Dörrar. Filosofisk vänbok till Göran Torrkulla. Filosofiska institutionen, Åbo. 79 pages.

    • (5) Material accepted for publication

  • (2007) (Review of) James P. Sterba, “The Triumph of Practice over Theory in Ethics”. To be published in Philosophical Investigations Vol 30 , No.2, April 2007.
  • (2008) Dirt and Refuse in a World of Things. Accepted for publication in K. Samson, D. Petersson & T. Munkholm (eds.), Things – An Anthology. NSU Press, planned date of publication 1 June, 2008.

(6) On-line publication

  • (2007) Westermarck, Edvard (Edward) Alexander. To be published in LOGOS – Virtual Encyclopedia of Finnish Philosophers (www.filosofia.fi), projected date of publication Spring 2007.

(7) Unpublished material including:

  • "A Truly Perfect and Beautiful Man" (Lecture at Philosophy Society, Swansea, and at Philosophy Society, Lampeter, October 1992).
  • The Resurrection and the Philosophical "We". Lecture at the University of Uppsala, 26 April 1997.
  • Marx ja Hegel: Taistelu tunnustuksesta [Marx and Hegel; the Battle for Recognition. Radio speech 3 November 1997: Radio Aurora.
  • (Translation from Russian to Swedish:) Jerzy Faryno: Rent, orent, smutsigt (“Neskol’ko obshtshih soobrazhenij po povodu konceptov ‘grjaznyj/tshistyj’”, Studia Litteraria Polono-Slavica 4, SOW, Warzsawa 1999).
  • Westermarck Samfundets grundande och Edvard Westermarcks vetenskapliga arv [The Founding of the Westermarck Society and Edward Westermarck’s Scientific Legacy]. Lecture on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Finnish Sociological Association. Åbo, 25 November 2000.
  • Nationen, kulturen och det delade rummet [Nation, Culture, and the Sharing of Space]. Official speech at the Finnish Independence Day celebration arranged by the Town of Pargas, 6 December 2000.
  • The Philosophical ‘We’ and the Idea of a Religious Possibility. Plenary Lecture, NIFF (Nordisk Institut for Filosofi) Conference, Södertörn University 7 June2002.
  • (With Kirsti Suolinna:) Westermarck Society and the Establishment of Modern Sociology in Finland. Paper at R.C.H.S. Conference in Vienna, 20 – 23 May 2004.
  • The Ambiguities of Colour. Wittgenstein and Lichtenberg on the Philosophy of Colour. Paper at Vilnius University, 14 April 2005.
  • Comments to Gary Watson: Promises, Reasons, and Normative Powers. Delivered at Åbo, 27 May 2006 at G.H. von Wright Memorial Symposium.
  • The Myth of Civilisation. Paper for the Nordic Summer University Session at Kääriku, Estonia, 24 – 30 July 2006.
  • Dirt, Refuse, and the Disenchanted World. Keynote Lecture for Mind & Society, Cambridge, 6 – 9 September 2006.
  • Studying Perception. Lecture at the Finnish-Welsh Philosophy Colloquium at the University of Wales, Lampeter, 19-20 October 2006.
  • O Lagerspetz & C Gefwert: Introduction. To be included in C Gefwert & O Lagerspetz (ed.) Wittgenstein and Philosophical Psychology.
  • C Gefwert & O Lagerspetz (eds.): Wittgenstein and Philosophical Psychology. Book manuscript, 280 pages.