Bio

Tuomas Vesterinen is a philosopher of science specialized in psychiatry and ethics of artificial intelligence with additional interests in philosophy of mind and anthropology. His interdisciplinary research at Stanford focuses on the ethical, conceptual and social consequences that arise from employing artificial intelligence in psychiatry and mental healthcare organizations. His dissertation in philosophy “Socializing Psychiatric Kinds” (University of Helsinki, 2023) is on the role of social factors and non-epistemic values in the classification and explanation of psychiatric disorders.

Tuomas is affiliated with the Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research (SCANCOR) and the anthropology department. He’s also a member of the Robophilosophy, AI Ethics and Datafication (RADAR) research group and the Centre for Philosophy of Social Science (TINT) at the University of Helsinki. (https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/tuomas-vesterinen)

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    tuomasv@stanford.edu
    University - Scholar Department: Graduate School of Education Position: Postdoctoral Scholar

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