Jan Reinert Karlsen
Position
Associate professor, Academic coordinator for major issues in research and society and leader of research group theory of science
Affiliation
Research groups
Research
I am currently working on four research topics:
- The concept of suffering
- Philosophy of severe chronic neurological diseases
- Philosophy of cognitive neuroscience
- Interdisciplinarity in teaching and learning
Teaching
Major Questions in Research and Society
- The human being: Nature and culture (VIT210)
- Global health: Ethics, politics, and human rights (VIT211)
- Climate: What do we know? What should we do? (VIT212)
- The many cultures at the university (VIT213)
- The Norwegian Constitution: What is it? How ought it to be? (VIT214)
- Displacing humanity: Knowledge status and options for action (VIT215)
- Artificial Intelligence: Visions, Realities and Future Consequences (VIT216)
PhD obligatory course in Research Design, Methods, Ethics and Philosophy of Science (PS901)
Projects
- The project Philosophy of Neurodegeneration: A part of Neuro-SysMed, a centre for clinical treatment research on neurological diseases.