About

This website serves multiple purposes: you can find information about my research, hobbies, and other activities as well as read my blog which features posts on philosophy, running, travelling, food, beer, science, technology, and anything else that might take my fancy. The best way to keep up with the blog is to subscribe to the feed. If you are primarily interested in my philosophical work and publications, a good way to stay up to date about my publications is to follow my PhilPapers feed. Elsewhere on this site you can find information about my contact details, cv, research, running, and photography (including portfolio). If it’s my photos that you’re interested, I’ve also got an external gallery, with nearly 2,000 photos. I hope you enjoy your stay, and feel free to leave a comment!

Dr. Tuomas E. Tahko

I’m a Finnish philosopher working at the Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies, University of Helsinki. I’ve worked at Helsinki since January 2011, when I started a three year Postdoctoral Researcher’s Project on the foundations of metaphysics. The project is funded by The Academy of Finland. Before that I worked at Durham University in the UK as a Visiting Research Fellow for two years. I’ve spent some time as a Visiting Scholar at New York University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I’m at UNC-Chapel Hill for the spring of 2012.

I took my Master’s degree in philosophy at Helsinki between 2002 and 2005, which in Finland also includes studies equivalent to the British BA. My Master’s thesis was entitled Grounding Metaphysics: Metaphysical Necessity and Essentialism. Between 2005 and 2008 I worked on my Ph.D. thesis, The Necessity of Metaphysics, at Durham under the supervision of Professor E. J. Lowe. I passed my viva in April 2008. I was a Visiting Research Fellow at Durham between December 2008 and December 2010.

Other Interests
In addition to philosophy, I have interests in literature, computer science, aesthetics (I studied all three at Helsinki), photography (my Photo Gallery), running (race schedules, PBs etc.), popular science, physics, technology, history, art, architecture, films, theatre, comedy, hill walking, snooker, badminton, nature, travelling, cooking, veganism, beer, wine, whisky, tea, coffee.