Kim Solin
Associate professor at Department of Philosophy; Theoretical Philosophy; Emeriti and Otherwise Active
- Mobile phone:
- +46 72 999 93 70
- E-mail:
- Kim.Solin@filosofi.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken, Thunbergsvägen 3 H
- Postal address:
- Box 627
751 26 UPPSALA
Visiting researcher at Department of History of Science and Ideas
- Mobile phone:
- +46 72 999 93 70
- E-mail:
- kim.solin@filosofi.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken, Thunbergsvägen 3P
- Postal address:
- Box 629
751 26 UPPSALA
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- Academic merits:
- PhD, docent
Short presentation
I am an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Gävle and an affiliated researcher at the Department of Philosophy. As a philosopher, my primary focus today is on existential philosophy in a broad sense and on Wittgenstein studies.
I am also an Honorary Research Fellow in Philosophy at The University of Queensland, Australia, and since 2024, a member of the Swedish Arts Council's committee for support of non-fiction literature.
Biography
I have previously held positions such as Head of Section in the Government Offices of Sweden, Senior Faculty Administrator at the Office for Humanities and Social Sciences at Uppsala University, and Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at Åbo Akademi University. Part of my doctoral studies I spent at the University of Augsburg and the University of Göttingen in Germany.
I hold a Ph.D. in Theoretical Philosophy from Uppsala University, a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Åbo Akademi University, and I am a titular Associate Professor (docent) of Philosophy at the University of Helsinki.

Publications
Selection of publications
”Säg att jag hade ett underbart liv”: om Ludwig Wittgenstein, The Meaning of Life
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, Under Strecket, p. 24-24, 2024
Rush Rhees and the Tratctatus: A Handful of Observations
Part of 100 Years Tractatus, p. 545-552, 2023
Nietzsche the Afflicted: On Ritchie Robertson’s “Friedrich Nietzsche”
Part of Los Angeles Review of Books, 2023
Paul Feyerabends sista brev till läsarna
Part of OBS Essä, Sveriges Radio P1, 2023
The Revision of Wittgenstein's Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics
Part of The Creation of Wittgenstein, p. 105-136, Bloomsbury Academic, 2023
Så kan bakslaget visa oss vägen framåt
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, Under strecket, 2023
Rush Rhees on Set Theory, the Sophists and Wittgenstein
Part of Platonism, p. 168-170, 2022
Stilen mot formen: Swartz i Prag
Part of Nya Argus, p. 430-431, 2022
I Silicon Valley har arbetet ersatt Gud
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, Under strecket, 2022
Filosofin kan lära dig konsten att leva
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, Under strecket, 2022
Part of Nordic Wittgenstein Review, 2021
Rush Rhees och den kontemplativa filosofin
Part of Signum, p. 32-35, 2021
Den förlorade konsten att förlora sig i läsning
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, Under strecket, 2017
Gombrowicz mot vetenskapen och existentialismen
Part of Nya Argus, p. 32-37, 2017
Recent publications
Mystifiering och avmystifiering av artificiell intelligens
Part of Signum, p. 6-9, 2024
Ryktet om universums död är överdrivet
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, Under Strecket, 2024
Part of En stor själ för vår tid, p. 105-125, Artos & Norma, 2024
”Säg att jag hade ett underbart liv”: om Ludwig Wittgenstein, The Meaning of Life
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, Under Strecket, p. 24-24, 2024
Rush Rhees and the Tratctatus: A Handful of Observations
Part of 100 Years Tractatus, p. 545-552, 2023
All publications
Articles in journal
Mystifiering och avmystifiering av artificiell intelligens
Part of Signum, p. 6-9, 2024
Ryktet om universums död är överdrivet
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, Under Strecket, 2024
”Säg att jag hade ett underbart liv”: om Ludwig Wittgenstein, The Meaning of Life
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, Under Strecket, p. 24-24, 2024
Nietzsche the Afflicted: On Ritchie Robertson’s “Friedrich Nietzsche”
Part of Los Angeles Review of Books, 2023
Åttiotalet på Moderna Museet: Forever Young?
Part of Nya Argus, p. 218-219, 2023
Paul Feyerabends sista brev till läsarna
Part of OBS Essä, Sveriges Radio P1, 2023
Så kan bakslaget visa oss vägen framåt
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, Under strecket, 2023
I Silicon Valley har arbetet ersatt Gud
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, Under strecket, 2022
Filosofin kan lära dig konsten att leva
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, Under strecket, 2022
Rush Rhees och den kontemplativa filosofin
Part of Signum, p. 32-35, 2021
Vetenskapen är sig själv nog: Quine och naturalismen
Part of Signum, p. 28-33, 2020
Part of Meddelanden från Åbo Akademi, p. 35-35, 2018
Den förlorade konsten att förlora sig i läsning
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, Under strecket, 2017
Gombrowicz mot vetenskapen och existentialismen
Part of Nya Argus, p. 32-37, 2017
Dual Choice and Iteration in an Abstract Algebra of Action
Part of Studia Logica, p. 607-630, 2012
Normal forms in total correctness for while programs and action systems
Part of Journal of Logic and Algebraic Programming, p. 362-375, 2011
Refinement Algebra for Probabilistic Programs
Part of Formal Aspects of Computing, p. 3-31, 2010
A Sketch of a Dynamic Epistemic Semiring
Part of Information and Computation, p. 594-604, 2010
Enabledness and termination in refinement algebra
Part of Science of Computer Programming, p. 654-668, 2009
Books
Matematiken och Wittgenstein: en introduktion i matematikens filosofi
Thales, 2010
Advocatus Scientiae: En filosofisk vänbok tillägnad Hans Rosing
Ämnet filosofi vid Åbo Akademi, 2008
Chapters in book
Part of En stor själ för vår tid, p. 105-125, Artos & Norma, 2024
The Revision of Wittgenstein's Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics
Part of The Creation of Wittgenstein, p. 105-136, Bloomsbury Academic, 2023
Om olika hållningar till matematiken
Part of Gensvar, p. 153-163, Åbo Akademi, 2019
Vetenskapen är sig själv nog: Quine och naturalismen
Part of Från Skaradjäkne till Uppsalaprofessor, Dept. of Philosophy, Uppsala University, Sweden, 2017
Mathematicism in Computability Theory
Part of Church's Thesis: Logic, Mind and Nature, p. 55-113, Copernicus Center Press, 2014
Mathematics and religion: on a remark by Simone Weil
Part of Logic in Theology, p. 219-236, Copernicus Center Press, 2012
Part of Advocatus Scientiae, p. 107-114, Ämnet filosofi vid Åbo Akademi, 2008
Collections (editor)
Dept. of Philosophy, Uppsala University, Sweden, 2017
Conference papers
Rush Rhees and the Tratctatus: A Handful of Observations
Part of 100 Years Tractatus, p. 545-552, 2023
Rush Rhees on Set Theory, the Sophists and Wittgenstein
Part of Platonism, p. 168-170, 2022
Extern granskning av utbildningsprogram – erfarenheter från två lärosäten
2019
Rush Rhees on Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mathematics
Part of Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics, p. 233-235, 2018
Encoding and Decoding in Refinement Algebra
Part of Relational and Algebraic Methods in Computer Science - 15th International Conference, RAMiCS 2015, Braga, Portugal, September 28 - October 1, 2015, Proceedings, 2015
Modal semirings with operators for knowledge representation
Part of Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, p. 197-202, 2013
Towards an algebra for real-time programs
Part of Relational and Algebraic Methods in Computer Science - 13th International Conference, p. 50-65, 2012
A While Program Normal Form Theorem in Total Correctness
Part of Relations and Kleene Algebra in Computer Science, p. 322-336, 2009
Reactive probabilistic programs and refinement algebra
Part of Relations and Kleene Algebra in Computer Science, 10th International Conference on Relational Methods in Computer Science, and 5th International Conference on Applications of Kleene Algebra, 2008
Refinement Algebra with Operators for Enabledness and Termination
Part of Mathematics of Program Construction, 8th International Conference, MPC 2006, Kuressaare, Estonia, July 3-5, 2006, Proceedings, p. 397-415, 2006
On Two Dually Nondeterministic Refinement Algebras
Part of Relations and Kleene Algebra in Computer Science, 9th International Conference on Relational Methods in Computer Science and 4th International Workshop on Applications of Kleene Algebra, RelMiCS/AKA 2006, Manchester, UK, August 29-September 2, 2006, Proceedings, p. 373-387, 2006
Omega Algebra, Demonic Refinement Algebra and Commands
Part of Relations and Kleene Algebra in Computer Science, 9th International Conference on Relational Methods in Computer Science and 4th International Workshop on Applications of Kleene Algebra, 2006
Monograph doctoral thesis
Other
Vidgning men ingen vändning: Om antologin Vidgade perspektiv på lidandets problem
Part of Signum, p. 68-70, 2023
Ett oroande systematiskt verk om Kierkegaard
Part of Signum, p. 61-63, 2023
Stilen mot formen: Swartz i Prag
Part of Nya Argus, p. 430-431, 2022
Part of Signum, p. 50-52, 2022
Part of Signum, p. 45-47, 2022
Part of Nordic Wittgenstein Review, 2021