I am a student of philosophy, political science and economics at the University of Gothenburg, but I have also studied philosophy for some time in Lund. I have (the equivalent of) a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, but I am actually studying political science at the time of writing – which, admittedly, really only means that I am focusing on political philosophy, political theory and methodological issues. However, my “official” philosophical activities at present only include mentoring students at the introductory level and being a board member of the Philosophical Society (“Filosofiska föreningen“) at the University of Gothenburg, but I will soon start my graduate studies in philosophy.
My main philosophical area of interest is what could be called “metanormativity”, i.e. the cluster of issues that is to be found in the intersection between meta-ethics, epistemology and philosophy of action, focusing particularly on questions about value, reasons, rationality, agency, justification and knowledge. I am also interested in the more practical and worldly applications of (the answers to) these questions, which take place in the fields of political philosophy, normative ethics and philosophy of science (where I, for obvious reasons, have a particular interest in the philosophy of the social sciences). Furthermore, I maintain a number of lesser interests, including, inter alia, the history of Swedish and German(-speaking) philosophy from Kant to WWII, metaphilosophy, and assorted issues in metaphysics – e.g. modality, identity and the realism/anti-realism debate.
When it comes to “real life”, I am (too) concerned with contemporary politics and society, and I very much enjoy art of various kinds. Oh, and my favourite football (not “soccer”!) team is Tottenham Hotspur.
If you would like to contact me, feel free to do so at: olof [dot] leffler [at] hotmail [dot] com.