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    One way to obtain a comprehensive semantics for various systems of modal logic is to use a general notion of non-normal world. In the present article, a general notion of modal system is considered together with a semantic framework provided by such a general notion of non-normal world. Methodologically, the main purpose of this paper is to provide a logical framework for the study of various modalities, notably prepositional attitudes. Some specific systems are studied together with semantics u…Read more
  •  73
    Constructing general models of theory dynamics
    with David Pearce
    Studia Logica 42 (2-3). 1983.
    This essay is an attempt to consider dynamic aspects of scientific theorising from a formal perspective. Our emphasis will be on the aims and methods for constructing formal models of theory dynamics which will be conceived from a general or 'theoretical' rather than 'applied' standpoint
  •  72
    A logical study of the correspondence relation
    with David Pearce
    Journal of Philosophical Logic 13 (1). 1984.
  •  68
    Minds as connoting systems: Logic and the language of thought (review)
    with Tere Vaden
    Erkenntnis 46 (3): 315-334. 1997.
    The principal aim of this essay is to discuss some logical features of the so-called Classical model of cognitive architecture as it is advocated by J. Fodor and Z. Pylyshyn in their much discussed article 'Connectionism and Cognitive Architecture: A Critical Analysis'. It is pointed out that their structural assumptions have consequences of a logical kind which call into question the view that the Classical architecture (in their sense) can be employed to model human cognition. It seems that th…Read more
  •  61
    Knowledge Representation: Two Kinds Of Emergence
    Synthese 129 (2): 195-209. 2001.
    Two different but closely related issues in current cognitive science will be considered in this essay. One is the controversial and extensively discussed question of how connectionist and symbolic representations of knowledge are related to each other. The other concerns the notion of connectionist learning and its relevance for the understanding of the distinction between propositional and nonpropositional knowledge. More specifically, I shall give an overview of a result in Rantala and Vadén …Read more
  •  57
    Approximative explanation is deductive-nomological
    with David Pearce
    Philosophy of Science 52 (1): 126-140. 1985.
    We revive the idea that a deductive-nomological explanation of a scientific theory by its successor may be defensible, even in those common and troublesome cases where the theories concerned are mutually incompatible; and limiting, approximating and counterfactual assumptions may be required in order to define a logical relation between them. Our solution is based on a general characterization of limiting relations between physical theories using the method of nonstandard analysis
  •  56
    Realism and formal semantics
    with David Pearce
    Synthese 52 (1): 39--53. 1982.
    The doctrines of scientific realism have enjoyed a close and enduring, if not always harmonious, association with Tarski's semantic conception of truth and theories of formal semantics generally. From its inception Tarski's theory received unqualified support from some realists, like Karl Popper, who saw it as legitimizing the use of semantic notions in epistemology and the philosophy of science
  •  50
    Correspondence as an intertheory relation
    with David Pearce
    Studia Logica 42 (2-3). 1983.
    In this paper we give the gist of our reconstructed notion of (limiting case) correspondence. Our notion is very general, so that it should be applicable to all the cases in which a correspondence has been said to exist in actual science.
  •  49
    New foundations for metascience
    with David Pearce
    Synthese 56 (1). 1983.
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    Review (review)
    Synthese 86 (2): 297-319. 1991.
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    Possible worlds
    Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities 80 (1): 179-199. 2003.
    Finland is internationally known as one of the leading centers of twentieth century analytic philosophy. This volume offers for the first time an overall survey of the Finnish analytic school. The rise of this trend is illustrated by original articles of Edward Westermarck, Eino Kaila, Georg Henrik von Wright, and Jaakko Hintikka. Contributions of Finnish philosophers are then systematically discussed in the fields of logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, history of philosophy, e…Read more
  •  21
    A systematic attempt to understand cognitive characteristics of translation by bringing its logical, pragmatic, and hermeneutic features together and examining a number of scientific, logical (philosophical and formal),and philosophical applications. The notion of translation investigated here is called explanatory since it is not a translation in the standard, meaning-saving sense but aims to provide an explanation for the meaning change in exact terms.
  •  19
    Constructing a general model of theory dynamics
    with David Pearce
    Bulletin of the Section of Logic 11 (1/2): 56-60. 1982.
    Though formal metascience has made rapid advances over the past few decades, it has seldom been seen to contribute much to the rational reconstruction of scientic development; for the most part, logical concepts have found application in the synchronic analysis of scientic theories. It should be important, therefore, to consider to what extent diachronic or dynamic aspects of scientic theorizing may also be captured within the connes of a formal metascientic framework, and what tools are best su…Read more
  •  19
    The Literary Work and Intentionality
    Nordic Journal of Aesthetics 5 (8). 1992.
  •  18
    Facts and the choice of logical foundations
    Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 25 (4): 347-353. 1984.
  •  11
    The end of art and beyond: essays after Danto (edited book)
    Humanities Press. 1997.
    The first half of this collection addresses these themes as given voice by the philosopher and critic Arthur Danto, while the second part contains essays of a more independent cast which assume a variety of stating points aimed at illuminating the theoreticity, temporality, computability, and abstract possibilities of present and future arts.
  •  10
    Essays on the philosophy of music (edited book)
    with Lewis Eugene Rowell and Eero Tarasti
    Akateeminen Kirjakauppa. 1988.
  •  9
    Metaphor and Conceptual Change
    Danish Yearbook of Philosophy 31 (1): 181-190. 1996.
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    Translation and Scientific Change
    In William E. Herfel, Wladyslaw Krajewski, Ilkka Niiniluoto & Ryszard Wojcicki (eds.), Theories and Models in Scientific Processes, Rodopi. pp. 249--268. 1995.
  •  4
    Ympäristö, arkkitehtuuri, estetiikka (edited book)
    with Arto Haapala and Martti Honkanen
    Gaudeamus Helsinki University Press. 2006.
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    Kauneus: filosofisen estetiikan ongelmia (edited book)
    Jakelu, Tampereen yliopiston kirjasto. 1990.
  •  1
    This is an interdisciplinary study of what is cognitively going on when we interpret, respresent, or evaluate cultural entities, works of art included. In addition, the role of interpretation in experience and in cultural objects is elucidated from a cognitive point of view. The book relies on theories of action, perception, possible worlds, modalities, intentionality. cognition, and brain research, and it contains anumber of case studies. The book ptovides some new insights into some much-discu…Read more