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The Influence of the Avicennan Theory of Science on Philosophical Sufism
2020
Abstract This article discusses the application of the Avicennan theory of demonstrative science on taṣawwuf, or the Divine Science (al-ʿilm al-ilāhī), by members of the Akbarian tradition, particularly Ibn ʿArabī’s (d. 1240) stepson and most influential disciple, Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī (d. 1274), and his commentators, among whom the most prominent was Mullā Muḥammad b. Ḥamza al-Fanārī (d. 1431). It aims to find out what kind of relationship was developed between Avicennan logic and Sufism by the two members of the Akbarian school in the post-classical Islamic thought. It also seeks to show that the convergence between different currents of Islamic thought—Sufism and philosophy in this case—…
Löytyykö tekniikan olemus laatikoista?
2020
Kirja-arvostelu: Boxes – A Field Guide. Edited by Susanne Bauer, Martina Schlünder & Maria Rentetzi. Mattering Press, 2020.
Grand theories or design guidelines? : Perspectives on the role of theory in computing education research
2022
A rich body of empirically grounded results and a solid theory base have often been viewed as signs of a mature discipline. Many disciplines have frequently debated what they should accept as legitimate kinds of theories, the proper roles of theory, and appropriate reference disciplines. Computing education research (CER) in particular has seen a growing number of calls for the development of domain-specific theories for CER, an adaptation of theories from other fields, and engagement with theory-based experimental and predictive research in CER. Many of those calls share the same concerns and aims, yet they use very different vocabulary and lack a consensus over an essential concept: theor…
Closed Theories, Falsificationism and Non-Cumulative Progress
2020
It is argued that scientific progress occurs not with the cumulative growth of knowledge or when theories get closer to the truth but with discovering new domains and new theories that fit these domains. This horizontal view on the direction of scientific progress (in contrast to vertical, when we aim to get from here to the abstract and ephemeral truth) allows avoiding traditional objections posed by the incommensurability thesis and pessimistic induction, namely, that radical theory changes leave no room for progress. According to this perspective, the discovery of quantum mechanics as a new field of inquiry is a progress in itself, since this discovery had opened up a new distinctive dom…
On the Origins of Scientific Objectivity
2019
Radical Besinnung as a Method for Phenomenological Critique
2022
The chapter discusses Husserl’s method of historical reflection, radical Besinnung, as defined and used in Formale und transzendentale Logik (1929). Whereas Formal and Transcendental Logic introduces and displays Husserl’s usage of Besinnung in the context of the exact sciences, the chapter seeks to develop it as a more general critical method with which to approach any rational goal-directed activity. Husserl defines Besinnung as a method that enables understanding agents and their actions by explicating agents’ typically implicit goals. It leads to the inclusion of historical-teleological activities as part of Husserl’s natural understanding of the world. The transcendental reflection rad…
Kysymyksen valta ja vastauksen vastuu : haastattelussa Helen Longino
2013
Lattiapaikkoja myöten täysi salillinen pääsi kuuntelemaan tieteenfilosofi Helen Longinon (s. 1944) luentoa keväällä Turun yliopistolla. Stanfordin yliopiston filosofian professori Longino tunnetaan sosiaalisen epistemologian uranuurtajana. Teoksissaan hän on selvittänyt, miten tutkimuksen sosiaalinen konteksti vaikuttaa tuotettuun tietoon. Hän on rakentanut siltaa perinteisen tieteenfilosofian ja tieteensosiologian välillä. Turussa professori Longino puhui tuoreesta kirjastaan Studying Human Behavior. How Scientists Investigate Aggression and Sexuality (2013). Hän näkee etenkin erityistieteiden filosofian tulevaisuuden valoisana: ”Filosofit ovat entistä kiinnostuneempia tieteeseen liittyvis…
de Maupertuis : Fyysinen Venus (1745)
2017
Arvostelu teoksesta Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis Fyysinen Venus. Suom. Osmo Pekonen. Art House: Helsinki. nonPeerReviewed