Thomas Netland
Job description
Assistent professor of philosophy with teaching of examen philosophicum as the main task. My research is primarily directed towards questions connected to mind, body, life, and conscioussness at the intersection of phenomenology, philosophy of mind, cognitive science (especially '4E cognition') and philosophy of biology. At the moment I'm working on a project where these perspectives are applied to intoxication and drug addiction.
Other interests include existentialism, philosophy of nature, philosophy of science, and the history of philosophy.
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Research interests
Phenomenology, 4E cognition, philosophy of mind, philosophy of biology, philosophy of nature, philosophy of psychiatry and psychopharmacology.
Teaching
FIL-0700 Examen Philosophicum
FIL-0702 Examen Philosophicum (online)
Member of research group / centre
CV
Other responsibilities
- Subject Editor/Specialist for Phenomenology and Existentialism, Store norske leksikon (Great Norwegian Encyclopedia)
- Book Review Editor, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
- Co-organizor, Research Seminars at the Department of Philosophy and First Semester Studies
Education
- Ph.D. in Philosophy, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2023)
- Master in Philosophy, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2016)
- Bachelor in Philosophy, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2013)
Prior positions
- Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2025)
- Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Agder (2023-2024)
- University lecturer of Philosophy, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2022)
- Ph.D. student in Philosophy, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2018-2022)