Sami Pihlström


	Sami Pihlström received his PhD from the University of Helsinki, Finland, in 1996. He was, in 2006-2014, Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and is, since 2014, Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Helsinki. He is currently the Director of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (2009-2015). His research interests focus on pragmatism, the problem of realism, metaphysics, ethics, transcendental philosophy, and philosophy of religion. He has published widely on these and related topics; his most recent monographs include Pragmatist Metaphysics: An Essay on the Ethical Grounds of Ontology (Continuum/Bloomsbury, 2009), Transcendental Guilt: Reflections on Ethical Finitude (Lexington Books, 2011), Pragmatic Pluralism and the Problem of God (Fordham UP, 2013), and Taking Evil Seriously (Palgrave Pivot, forthcoming 2014). He is also the editor of The Continuum Companion to Pragmatism (Continuum/Bloomsbury, 2011) and a co-editor (with Henrik Rydenfelt) of William James on Religion (Palgrave, 2013).

Sami Pihlström received his PhD from the University of Helsinki, Finland, in 1996. He was, in 2006-2014, Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and is, since 2014, Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Helsinki. He is currently the Director of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (2009-2015). His research interests focus on pragmatism, the problem of realism, metaphysics, ethics, transcendental philosophy, and philosophy of religion. He has published widely on these and related topics; his most recent monographs include Pragmatist Metaphysics: An Essay on the Ethical Grounds of Ontology (Continuum/Bloomsbury, 2009), Transcendental Guilt: Reflections on Ethical Finitude (Lexington Books, 2011), Pragmatic Pluralism and the Problem of God (Fordham UP, 2013), and Taking Evil Seriously (Palgrave Pivot, forthcoming 2014). He is also the editor of The Continuum Companion to Pragmatism (Continuum/Bloomsbury, 2011) and a co-editor (with Henrik Rydenfelt) of William James on Religion (Palgrave, 2013).