Jani Sinokki
PhD
jpsino@utu.fi Office: 153 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1554-2630(external) |
Philosophy of Hate & Racism; Philosophy of Mind; Social identity; Ideologies; Philosophy of Language; René Descartes; Argumentation and Critical Thinking.
Apes of Wrath? How Hate Functions, Arises, and can be Exploited; Climate Nudge.
I work as a grantee researcher in the philosophy unit in a personal project on philosophy of hate and racism called Apes of Wrath? The project is funded by Olga and Vilho Linnamo Foundation (2024) and Finnish Cultural Fund (2025-2027).
I work part-time in Climate Nudge project, where I focus on behavioral interventions related to social identites and manipulation.
In the past, I have been employed by universities of Oulu and Helsinki and acted as a teacher in University of Eastern Finland.
My reserach focuses on philosophy of hate and enmity, more specifically on the logical structures of racist and other kinds of generalizing attitudes. My aim is to clarify conceptually the relation between our normative attitudes and hatred, and how the previsous operate in production of the latter. I focus especially on "minor grievances" and wish to explicate how they connect and give rise to more serious forms of hatred, especially those extreme kinds that lead to violence, oppression, and genocides.
I have taught several courses in philosophy of mind and early modern philosophy, especially on René Descartes, as well as courses in argumentation and critical thinking and philosophy of racism.
- Johdanto (2017) Rasismi ja filosofia Sinokki Jani
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Loppusanat (2017) Rasismi ja filosofia Sinokki Jani
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Pelko on avain valtaan (2017)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Rasismi ja filosofia (2017) Sinokki Jani
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Rasismi ja käsitenihilismi (2017)
- Ajatus: Suomen Filosofisen Yhdistyksen Vuosikirja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Rasismi ja moraalinen sokeus (2017) Rasismi ja filosofia Sinokki Jani
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Rasismin määritelmä (2017) Rasismi ja filosofia Sinokki Jani
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Vanhemmuus on löytöretki, ei opasmatka (2017)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Vihan 9/10 (2017)
- Aurora
(E1 Popularised article) - Descartesin ajattelun metafysiikka (2016)
- Ajatus: Suomen Filosofisen Yhdistyksen Vuosikirja
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Descartes' Metaphysics of Thinking (2016) Sinokki Jani
(G4 Monograph dissertation) - Huono ajattelu palvelee harvan etua (2016)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Lectio Praecursoria (2016)
- Ajatus: Suomen Filosofisen Yhdistyksen Vuosikirja
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Why things matter : Camus' Meursault and Descartes' causal principle (2016) De natura rerum. Scripta in honorem professoris Olli Koistinen sexagesimum annum complentis Sinokki J
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Why Things Matter: Camus’ Meursault and Descartes’ Causal Principle (2016) De Natura Rerum - Scripta in honorem professoris Olli Koistinen sexagesimum Sinokki Jani
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Lessons from Descartes' Sensory Dualism (2015) Sinokki Jani
(Other publication) - Suomalaisen filosofian taso kova (2015)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Locke, John (2013) Logos-ensyklopedia Sinokki Jani
(Other publication)