{"id":15,"date":"2017-11-07T12:19:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T12:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markuspantsar.fi\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-11-11T16:44:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:44:42","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.markuspantsar.fi\/?page_id=15","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You can find my CV here.<\/a> (updated 11.11.2025)<\/p>\n

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Academic career<\/strong><\/p>\n

I received my Master’s degree at the University of Helsinki in 2004. I had theoretical philosophy and mathematics as double majors and only in the final year decided to focus more on philosophy.<\/p>\n

In 2009 I defended my Ph.D. thesis “Truth, Proof and G\u00f6delian Arguments: a Defence of Tarskian Truth in Mathematics”, supervised by Professor Gabriel Sandu.<\/p>\n

Since 2010 I have worked mostly at the University of Helsinki, but I’ve also been a visiting researcher at the University of Bucharest, the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (LMU M\u00fcnchen) and University of California, Irvine. I spent the spring of 2018 visiting the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation at the University of Amsterdam, working in Jakub Szymanik’s research group.<\/p>\n

I received the title of docent (equivalent to habilitation) in theoretical philosophy at the University of Helsinki in 2017.<\/p>\n

Currently I am working as a Guest Professor, caretaker of the\u00a0Chair for Theory of Science and Technology (Prof. Gabriele Gramelsberger) RWTH University in Aachen, Germany.<\/p>\n

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Teaching<\/h4>\n

I am a qualified subject teacher in philosophy and mathematics, receiving my degree at the University of Helsinki in 2017.<\/p>\n

I have taught the course “Introduction to Logic” at the University of Helsinki for many years, and again in the fall of 2019. In the spring of 2018, I taught (for the second time) the course “Modern philosophy of mathematics”. Currently I am teaching the courses “Introduction to the Philosophy of Science and Technology”, “Theories of Research”, “Introduction to the Philosophy of Computation” and “Modelling for Policy”. I can also teach epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and many other subjects on both undergraduate and graduate levels.<\/p>\n

Other<\/strong><\/p>\n

I live in Aachen, Germany.<\/p>\n

I am quite passionate about many things in life. I love literature, cinema and music. Good food and drink is an important hedonistic aspect of my life. I love fishing and spending time in nature, but mostly I am happy to enjoy the city life. I have a passion for football, both as a player and a spectator. In fact I have recently published a book about the football World Cup (so far available only in Finnish):\u00a0https:\/\/vastapaino.fi\/sivu\/tuote\/jalkapallon-mm-kisojen-suurimmat-ottelut\/4191175<\/p>\n

If you can read Finnish, check out also my new book about Germany and football:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/vastapaino.fi\/sivu\/tuote\/kun-rakastuin-saksalaiseen-jalkapalloon\/4978293%20style=<\/p>\n

I have a certified translator’s degree (Finnish-English-Finnish). I have mostly translated scientific and technical texts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can find my CV here. (updated 11.11.2025)   Academic career I received my Master’s degree at the University of Helsinki in 2004. I had theoretical philosophy and mathematics as double majors and only in the final year decided to focus more on philosophy. In 2009 I defended my Ph.D. thesis “Truth, Proof and G\u00f6delian<\/p>\n

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