Tiina C Rosenqvist
Research Associate
Appointments
Postdoctoral Fellow, Society of Fellows
Lecturer, Department of Philosophy
Area of Expertise
philosophy of perception,
philosophy of psychology,
philosophy of cognitive science,
philosophy of mind,
color vision,
pain,
credibility
Biography
Tiina C Rosenqvist is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Dartmouth Society of Fellows and completed her PhD in Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania in 2023. Her current research focuses on empirically guided philosophy of perception and philosophy of medicine, but her interests span a wide range of topics related to how humans and other animals perceive, think about, and interact with their environments.
Education
PhD University of Pennsylvania
MA University of Tampere (Finland)
BSc University of Tampere (Finland)
Taught Courses
Publications
Journal Articles and Book Chapters:
"Engineering the Concept of Pain for Clinical Practice." Ergo (Accepted).
"Women's Pain and Psychogenic Diagnoses" (with Sara Purinton). Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy (Accepted).
"Color, Pain, and the Agent-Centered Model of Perception". In: Curry, D., Daoust, L., Edgar, S., Hamid, N. (Eds), Modern Mind: Essays in Honor of Gary Hatfield, Routledge (Accepted).
"The Pain System is Not a Bodily Disturbance Detector." In: Cuevas-Badallo, A., Martín-Villuendas, M., Gefaell, J. (Eds) Life and Mind: Theoretical and Applied Issues in Contemporary Philosophy of Biology and Cognitive Sciences. Springer, Cham (2024).
"Seeing with color: Psychophysics and the function of color vision." Synthese 202, 20 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04226-y
"Color and Competence: A New View of Color Perception." In: Viejo, J.M., Sanjuán, M. (Eds) Life and Mind. Interdisciplinary Evolution Research, vol 8. Springer, Cham (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30304-3_5
Accessible Philosophy:
"Animal Minds." In: 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology (2025). https://1000wordphilosophy.com/2025/03/24/animal-minds/
"Philosophy of Pain." In: 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology (2025). https://1000wordphilosophy.com/2025/01/08/philosophy-of-pain/
"Philosophy of Color." In: 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology (2023). https://1000wordphilosophy.com/2023/10/26/philosophy-of-color/
Speaking Engagements
"Chronic Pain, Etiology, and Medical Gaslighting, " American Philosophical Association (APA) Pacific Division Meeting, online. 2026.
"Chronic Pain, Etiology, and Medical Gaslighting," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SSPP) Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA. 2026.
"Women's Pain and Psychogenic Diagnoses," Painreaders Seminar/Webinar, University of Helsinki, Finland. 2026.
"Engineering the Concept of Pain for Clinical Practice," Philosophers' Club, University of Turku, Finland. 2026.
"Chronic Pain, Etiology, and Medical Gaslighting," Workshop: Philosophy of Medicine, Broadly Construed, Hanover, NH, USA. 2025.
"Engineering the Concept of Pain for Clinical Practice," PSA Around the World, online. 2025.
"Chronic Pain, Etiology, and Medical Gaslighting," Northwest Philosophy Conference (NPC), Portland, OR, USA. 2025.
"Color and Perceptual Agreement," International Society for the the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind (ISPSM) Webconference. 2025.
"Chronic Pain, Credibility, and Clinical Practice," Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP) Annual Conference, Ithaca, NY, USA. 2025.
"Engineering the Concept of Pain for Clinical Practice," Canadian Philosophical Association (ACPA) Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada. 2025.
"Engineering the Concept of Pain for Clinical Practice," Sourthern Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SSPP) Annual Conference, Mobile, AL, USA. 2025.
"Chronic Pain, Credibility, and Clinical Practice," American Philosophical Association (APA) Central Division Meeting. 2025.
"Engineering the Concept of Pain for Clinical Practice," Painreaders Workshop, Tampere University, Finland. 2024.
"Chronic Pain, Credibility, and Clinical Practice," Northwest Philosophy Conference (NPC), Portland, OR, USA. 2024.
"Pain, Color, and Agent-Centered Perception," International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind (ISPSM) Annual Webconference. 2024.
"Pain and Color Perception: A Unified, Agent-centered Account," Canadian Philosophical Association Annual Conference, Montréal, Canada, with comments from Louise Daoust. 2024.
"Seeing with Color: Psychophysics and the Function of Color Vision," phiVis: Philosophy of Vision Science Workshop, Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA, with comments from Bevil Conway. 2024.
"Pain and Color Perception: A Unified, Agent-centered Account," Midsouth Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TS, USA, with comments from Kari Theurer. 2024.
"Perceptual Competences and the Primary/Secondary Quality Distinction," Kinds of Consciousness Webconference, UConn. 2024.
"Perceptual Competences and the Primary/Secondary Quality Distinction," International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind (ISPSM) Webconference. 2023.
"Perceptual Competences and the Primary/Secondary Quality Distinction," Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP) Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 2023.
"Pain is not a Bodily Disturbance Detector," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SSPP) Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, USA, with comments from Gabriel Siegel. 2023.
"Pain is not a Bodily Disturbance Detector," Philosophy of Biology and Cognitive Sciences (PBCS) XI, University of Salamanca-ECyT, Spain. 2022.
"Seeing with Color: Insights from Psychophysics," The 3rd Context, Cognition and Communication Conference: Varieties of Meaning and Content, University of Warsaw, Poland. 2022.
"Seeing with Color: Insights from Psychophysics," The 3rd Joint Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP) and the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology (ESPP), University of Milan, Italy. 2022.
"Seeing with Color: Insights from Psychophysics," Language, Culture and Mind 9: Sensory Experience and Communication, University of Almería, Spain. 2022.
"What (on Earth) Are Color Visual Systems Doing?" Virtual Vision Futures, York University, Canada. 2021 (delivered virtually).
"Color Illusions and the "Competence-Embeddedness" of Color Perception," Philosophy of Biology and Cognitive Sciences (PBCS) X, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. 2021 (delivered virtually).
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