Background
Tuomela, Raimo Heikki was born on October 9, 1940 in Helsinki, Finland. Son of Heikki Teodor Tuomela, Julia Linnea Henricson.
Tuomela, Raimo Heikki was born on October 9, 1940 in Helsinki, Finland. Son of Heikki Teodor Tuomela, Julia Linnea Henricson.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Helsinki, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1969.
Tuomela received his first degree of doctor of philosophy in 1968 from the University of Helsinki and the second one in 1969 from Stanford University. Tuomela has been full professor of philosophy (especially methodology and philosophy of the social sciences) at the Department of Philosophy, University of Helsinki since 1971. Having earlier worked and published in many fields of philosophy, especially philosophy of science and philosophy of action, the theory of social action has been his main research interest.
During the five-year period 1995–2000, Tuomela was Academy Professor at the Academy of Finland.
This research professorship also included a research group working within the general field of the philosophy of social action.
Founder Finnish Skeptics Society, Helsinki, since 1987. Member of Finnish Science Academy.
Married Maj Gunvor Järnström, June 14, 1990. Married Sirkka Liisa Junnila, January 1, 1970 (divorced January 1985). 1 child Laura.