{"id":2149,"date":"2025-06-09T15:09:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T12:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filosofit.fi\/FiPra\/?page_id=2149"},"modified":"2026-05-03T17:01:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:01:02","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/filosofit.fi\/FiPra\/?page_id=2149","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Finnish Philosophical Practice Network (FIVE)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To get in touch with our board, e-mail us at five.hallitus@gmail.com<\/em> &#8211; <em>About ICPP 2027, contact us at: icpp2027@filosofit.fi<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Founded in 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are two associations in the field of PP in Finland: The Finnish Philosophical Practice Network (Filosofisen praktiikan verkosto ry, \u201dFive\u201d) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interbaas.fi\/\">Interbaas<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Network is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/icpp.site\/\">international philosophical practice movement <\/a>and Nordic philosophical practice network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Next organizer of the international conference on 10-12, June 2027<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/icpp2027.odoo.com\/\">https:\/\/icpp2027.odoo.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contact: icpp2027@filosofit.fi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Core team ICPP 2027:<\/strong><br>Pia Houni<br>Jari Kiirla<br>Mika Koskinen<br>Kati Kuula<br>Sari Mattila<br>Leena Parkkinen<br>Eija-Liisa Rautiainen<br>Petri T\u00e4htinen<br>Anu Virtanen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Goals of the Finnish Philosophical Practice Network:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To improve and develop professional PP activities and knowledge in Finland and support international networking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To strive to promote PP education and studies in Finland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To act as ethical advisor in PP<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To execute these goals the association organizes PP activities, discussions, seminars, events and meetings, and by publishing and other means that improve PP in Finland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Board 2026:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mika Koskinen, president<br>Pia Houni<br>Kati Kuula<br>Peter Lundqvist<br>Leena Parkkinen<br>Sonja Salavaranta-Rautkari<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>17 years of Philosophical Practice Training in Finland <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Organized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kriittinenkorkeakoulu.fi\/\">Kriittinen korkeakoulu<\/a> (\u201dCritical Open University\u201d), since 2009\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A private and independent course centre since 1968, maintained by the association &#8221;Kriittinen Korkeakoulu ry&#8221;. It was founded in 1968 at the initiative of philosopher Reijo Wilenius to diversify the atmosphere of public discussion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Critical Open University organizes courses and trainings open to everyone in the fields of arts, philosophy and other sciences, and conducts lectures and publications.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In cooperation with Sivis Study Centre, it is a nationwide adult education provider that is partly funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture. Sivis is maintained by the Association for Educational Activities (AEA).&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Main teacher of the training programme is Pia Houni&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duration around 1,5 years. 150 hours of lessons. Also independent studies and practice, online meetings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As a whole 40 course credits in Finland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vocational\/adult further education status<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More information on the training (in Finnish): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kriittinenkorkeakoulu.fi\/kurssitarjonta\/filosofinen-praktiikka\">https:\/\/www.kriittinenkorkeakoulu.fi\/kurssitarjonta\/filosofinen-praktiikka&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Other philosophical practice activities in Finland:<\/strong> <strong>Philosophical Institute (coop)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Filosofinen Instituutti, started 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Professional philosophical practice services and cooperation, members of the Network and Institute partly overlapping<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research and consulting using PP methods and practices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Website:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/filosofineninstituutti.fi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/filosofineninstituutti.fi\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finnish Philosophical Practice Network (FIVE) To get in touch with our board, e-mail us at five.hallitus@gmail.com &#8211; About ICPP 2027, contact us at: icpp2027@filosofit.fi Next organizer of the international conference on 10-12, June 2027 Core team ICPP 2027:Pia HouniJari KiirlaMika KoskinenKati KuulaSari MattilaLeena ParkkinenEija-Liisa RautiainenPetri T\u00e4htinenAnu Virtanen Goals of the Finnish Philosophical Practice Network: Board&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"toivo-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/filosofit.fi\/FiPra\/?page_id=2149\" class=\"more-link\">Lue lis\u00e4\u00e4 <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About us<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2149","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filosofit.fi\/FiPra\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filosofit.fi\/FiPra\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filosofit.fi\/FiPra\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filosofit.fi\/FiPra\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filosofit.fi\/FiPra\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2149"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/filosofit.fi\/FiPra\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2524,"href":"https:\/\/filosofit.fi\/FiPra\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2149\/revisions\/2524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filosofit.fi\/FiPra\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}