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186The world as active power: studies in the history of European reason (edited book)Brill. 2009.This collection of essays discusses a central feature of European philosophy: the idea of a universal active power as the ultimate world-explanation.
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70Philosophy and Biodiversity (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2004.This important collection focuses on the nature and importance of biodiversity. The concept is clarified and its intrinsic and instrumental value are discussed. Even though the term biodiversity was invented in the 1980s to promote the cause of species conservation, discussions on biological diversity go back to Plato. There are many controversies surrounding biodiversity and a few of them are examined here: What is worthy of protection or restoration and what is the acceptable level of costs? I…Read more
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56Inductive immodesty and lawlikenessPhilosophy of Science 41 (2): 196-198. 1974.David Lewis [2] suggests that an adequate inductive method should be immodest, i.e. recommend itself as at least as accurate as any of its rivals. On this basis he works out a solution to the intricate problem of choosing among Carnap's λ-methods. Lewis himself points out certain undesirable consequences of his solution. I will argue that the solution breaks down for a more general reason than that indicated by Lewis; like other procedures for estimating degrees of belief I am familiar with, it …Read more
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49Conatus as active power in HobbesHobbes Studies 14 (1): 71-82. 2001.The idea of active power played central role in the 17th Century philosophy and science. The idea is as follows: if not prevented, bodies necessarily do certain things in virtue of their power. This kind of thought naturally arose from what might properly be called the law of persistence, according to which moving bodies continue their motion unchanged if no new external force intervenes.1 What bodies do in virtue of their power was called actions, and in terms of actions such things as resistan…Read more
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28Genes and Morality: New EssaysRodopi. 1999.Most public discussion has focused on those effects of genetic research that are considered in some way unwanted or unpleasant. For example, there has been much debate concerning the risks and the ethical appropriateness of genetic screening, gene therapy, and agricultural applications based on genetic techniques. It often claimed that genetic research may cause new problems such as genetic discrimination, stigmatization, environmental risks, or mistreatment of animals. Genes and Morality: New E…Read more
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18Stanovich's Who Is Rational? Studies of Individual Differences in ReasoningInformal Logic 20 (3). 2000.
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16Brutian's Logic, Language and Argumentation in Projection of Philosophical KnowledgeInformal Logic 20 (2). 2000.
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14Hobbes, Conatus and the Prisoner’s DilemmaThe Paideia Archive: Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy 11 143-147. 1998.I want to show the importance of the notion of conatus for Hobbes' political philosophy. According to Hobbes, all motion of bodies consists of elementary motions he called 'endeavors.' They are motions 'made in less space and time than can be given,' and they obey the law of persistence or inertia. A body strives to preserve its state and resist the causal power of other bodies. I call this the conatus-principle. Hobbes' argument for social contract and sovereign is based essentially on this mod…Read more
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14Heidegger’s Black Notebooks (1931–1941): Ponderings on Technology, National Socialism and JudaismActa Baltica Historiae Et Philosophiae Scientiarum 8 (2): 156-164. 2020.
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2Motion and reason : Hobbes's difficulties with the idea of active powerIn Juhani Pietarinen & Valtteri Viljanen (eds.), The world as active power: studies in the history of European reason, Brill. 2009.
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Causal power in Descartes' mind-body unionIn Juhani Pietarinen & Valtteri Viljanen (eds.), The world as active power: studies in the history of European reason, Brill. 2009.
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Plato's dualism : the cosmos as active and passive powerIn Juhani Pietarinen & Valtteri Viljanen (eds.), The world as active power: studies in the history of European reason, Brill. 2009.
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Plato on diversity and stability in natureIn Markku Oksanen & Juhani Pietarinen (eds.), Philosophy and Biodiversity, Cambridge University Press. 2004.
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Lawlikeness, analogy, and inductive logicRevue Philosophique de la France Et de l'Etranger 163 370-370. 1973.