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Jani Hakkarainen is a Senior Lecturer at Tampere University's Department of Philosophy within the Faculty of Social Sciences. His primary research areas include metaphysics (particularly trope theory), metametaphysics, and the philosophy of David Hume. He also explores social ontology and the philosophy of team sports. His work bridges formal ontology, early modern philosophy, and contemporary metaphysical debates.
Responsibilities include research, teaching in metaphysics, history of philosophy, and epistemology, student supervision, and serving as director of doctoral studies in philosophy. He actively publishes in journals like Erkenntnis, Philosophia, and Hume Studies, focusing on topics such as Hume’s metaphysics, tropes, and formal ontological frameworks.
His key contributions include developing a formal ontological approach to metaphysical categories and defending a sceptical interpretation of Hume’s attitude toward the external world. Recent work addresses Hume’s metaphysics of properties, space/time, and collaborations on historical figures like Émilie Du Châtelet.
