Information:
Contact Information:
Helsinki Metaphysical Club
Helsinki Peirce Research Centre
Email: henrik.rydenfelt(at)helsinki.fi
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Current programme
During the spring term 2011, the Metaphysical Club meets in the following lecture rooms of the University main building:
10.1. Aud X
24.1. Aud VI
7.2. Room 11
21.2. Aud X
6.3. Aud VI
20.3. Aud X
3.4. Aud X
17.4. Aud X
8.5. Aud X
The meetings take place on Tuesdays at 4 pm. Papers are presented in either Finnish or English, while discussion usually is in Finnish.
Please see below for the current programme. For more information, please contact Henrik Rydenfelt (henrik.rydenfelt(at)helsinki.fi).
2012
Spring
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24.1. |
Jari Palomäki (University of Tampere): "Why I Am not a Pragmatist" (Aud VI) |
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20.3. |
Panu Raatikainen (University of Helsinki): "Pricen (ja Putnamin) argumentit representationalismia vastaan" (Aud X) |
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3.4. |
Tuukka Kaidesoja (University of Helsinki): "Kollektiiviset toimijat ja mekanismeilla selittämisen metodologia" (Aud X) |
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17.4. |
Alan Warde (Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies): "Eating Habits" (Aud X) |
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8.5. |
Tarja Knuuttila (University of Helsinki): Cancelled |
2011
Autumn
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18.10. |
Henrik Rydenfelt (University of Helsinki): "Peirce and Contemporary Pragmatism: Three Themes" (abstract) |
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8.11. |
Jukka Nikulainen (University of Helsinki): Meeting cancelled |
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29.11. |
Antti Gronow (University of Helsinki): "Analyzing Culture: The Diffusion of Representations and Habits in Social Networks" |
Spring
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25.1. |
Sami Paavola (University of Helsinki) & Lauri Järvilehto (University of Jyväskylä): "The Mystery of the Method" |
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8.3. |
Merja Bauters: "On Signs and Affordances" (view slides) |
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22.3. |
Hania Michalczyk (The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow): "A Rhetoric without a Man? Some Thoughts on a Possible Key to Ch. S. Peirce's Speculatice Rhetoric"" |
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19.4. |
Antti Gronow: "From Habits to Social Structures" |
2010
Autumn
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10.8. |
Robert Sinclair (Brooklyn College): "Quine's Early Pragmatism" |
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16.9. |
David Hildebrand (University of Colorado): "Dewey and Objectivity"
Vironkatu 1, seminar room 446 at 2 pm. |
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2.11. |
Erkki Kilpinen (University of Helsinki): "Pragmatic Theory of Action"
Business meeting. |
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16.11. |
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen (University of Helsinki): TBA. |
Spring
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26.1. |
Mats Bergman: "Peirce and Schiller on Philosophical Anthropomorphism" |
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2.2. |
Lauri Järvilehto: "Pragmatic A Priori Knowledge" |
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16.2. |
Pentti Määttänen: "Arvot ja tosiasiat pragmatismissa" |
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23.2. |
Avril Styrman: "Armstrong's Universals Mapped within Peirce's Triads (Firstness, Secondness, Thirdness)" |
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2.3. |
Jussi Saarinen: "Kant ja skeptisismi" |
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23.3. |
Sami Pihlström: "On the European Roots and Fruits of American Pragmatism" |
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6.4. |
Jukka Nikulainen: "F.C.S. Schillerin pragmatistisesta formaalin
logiikan kritiikistä" |
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20.4. |
Timo Eskola: "Semiosiksen ja semantiikan mallien jännite: huomioita Derridan ongelmallisesta Peirce-luennasta" |
2009
Spring
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27.3. |
Vitaly Kiryushchenko (St. Petersburg State School of Economics): "Peirce's Semiotics and Russian Formalism: the Story of Oedipus Rex"
N.B. This Friday session takes place at the Department of Philosophy (Siltavuorenpenger 20 A), seminar room 222 on the second floor at 4 pm. |
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21.4. |
Pentti Määttänen: "Pragmatismi vaihtoehtona klassiselle filosofialle"
Alustus pohjautuu dos. Määttäsen tuoreeseen kirjaan Toiminta ja kokemus (Gaudeamus, 2009). |
Autumn
The autumn sessions take place at Vironkatu 1, seminar room 346, on Tuesdays at 6 pm.
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3.11. |
Antti Gronow: "Pragmatism and Social Theory" |
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1.12. |
Sami Pihlström: "The Jamesian Pragmatic Method in the Philosophy of Religion" |
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15.12. |
Henrik Rydenfelt: "Jamesin episteeminen vedonlyönti ja Peircen kritiikki" |
2008
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30 May 2008 |
Discussion: "Peirce, James and Their Philosophical Correspondence" (with Prof. Douglas Anderson, 13.00 pm, sr 222)
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2-4 June 2008 |
The First Nordic Pragmatism Conference: Pragmatism
in Science, Religion, and Politics (Organized by The Nordic Pragmatism Network and the Philosophical Society of Finland at Tieteiden talo, Helsinki) |
2007
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6.2. |
Henrik Rydenfelt, "Peirce's Correspondence - Some Editorial Challenges" |
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21.9. |
Prof. Helmut Pape: "Searching For Traces. Indexical Signs, Experience and the Generality of Peirce's Theory of Indices" (14.00 pm, Department of Philosophy) |
2006
5.9
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Prof. Peter H. Hare: "The Thickening of Holistic Pragmatism from "Two Dogmas"
to the Present: A Narrative Sketch"
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Earlier Programmes
SPRING 1997
| 16.1 | Sami Paavola, "Abduktio - joitain perustavia ideoita"
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| 26.2 | Kimmo Pentikäinen, "Impression, Attention and Sign-Process"
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| 19.3 | Erkki Kilpinen, "From Instrumental to Normative Rationality. The Dynamics in Peirce´s Conception of Action"
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| 26.3 | Sami Pihlström, "Peirce vs. James: Susan Haack on Old and New Pragmatism"
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| 9.4 | Mats Bergman, "The Self as a Sign. Charles Sanders Peirce's Early Conception of the Human Subject"
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| 23.4 | Mirja Kela, "Alustavia huomioita oppimisesta abstrahointina"
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| 7.5 | Sami Paavola, "Kolme tapaa käsitellä abduktiota"
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| 21.5 | Kimmo Pentikäinen, "Ontology of Things"
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AUTUMN 1997
| 1.10 | Leila Haaparanta, "Peircen merkkiteorian filosofinen tausta"
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| 5.11 | Sami Paavola "C.S.Peircen relevanssi yhteiskuntatieteille - dualismeista dynamiikkaan"
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| 3.12 | Erkki Kilpinen "Pragmatismin lyhyt historia"
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SPRING 1998
| 28.1 | Kimmo Pentikäinen, "Truth and Falsity"
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| 4.3 | Mats Bergman, Communication and Context"
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| 1.4 | Pentti Määttänen, Peirce ja Husserl fenomenologiasta"
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AUTUMN 1998-SPRING 2000
| - | Close reading and discussion of the Essential Peirce collections. |
AUTUMN 1998
| 13.10 | Sami Paavola, "C.S. Peirce diagrammaattisuudesta" |
AUTUMN 1999
| 14.12 | Mats Bergman, "Peirce's Communicative Definition of the Sign"
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SPRING 2000
| 4.4 | Risto Heiskala, "Merkityksen merkitys: Saussure, Peirce ja fenomenologinen sosiologia"
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| 9.5 | Erkki Kilpinen, "A Neglected Classic Vindicated. The Place of George Herbert Mead in the General Tradition of Semiotics"
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AUTUMN 2000
SPRING 2001
| 30.1 |
Planning.
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| 20.2 | Organized debate: "Pragmatismi: menneisyyden haamu vai tulevaisuuden
suunnannäyttäjä? Pragmatistisen perinteen merkitys akateemisessa filosofiassa ja sen ulkopuolella."
Speakers: Sami Pihlström and Erkki Kilpinen.
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| 26.3 | Prof. Eero Tarasti, "Josiah Royce, the American Classic between Hegel and Peirce".
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| 10.4 | Prof. Ilkka Niiniluoto, "On Abduction".
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| 24.4 | Boris Vidovic, "Mapping, Blending and Metaphor".
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| 8.5 | Sami Paavola, "Abduction as a Logic of Discovery - The Importance of Strategies".
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| 15.5 | Prof. Vilmos Voigt, "János Apáczai Cseren unkarilainen ensyklopedia vuodelta 1653 ja ensimmäiset semioottiset järjestelmät".
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SPRING 2002
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24.1
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Prof. Dinda L. Gorlée, "Peircean Semiotranslation: Dedicated
to Thomas A. Sebeok".
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5.2
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Doc. Ivan Mladenov, "Charles Peirce's Categories: The Ground
and The Silent Effects".
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19.2
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Ahti Pietarinen, "Peirce's Game-Theoretic Ideas in Logic"
(paper in pdf-format).
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5.3
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Sami Pihlström, "Pragmatism and the Concept of Emergence".
(See C. N. El-Hani & S. Pihlström
"Emergence Theories and Pragmatic Realism".)
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19.3
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Sami Paavola, "Peircean Categories and a New Epistemology for
Learning".
(See S. Paavola, L. Lipponen, & K. Hakkarainen:
"Epistemological Foundations for CSCL: A Comparison of Three Models
of Innovative Knowledge Communities")
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9.4
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Arto Siitonen, "Bolzano's Heuristics".
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23.4
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Mats Bergman, "The Role of Vagueness in Peirce's Theory of Signs".
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21.5
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Markku Kankkunen, "Concept mapping and Peirce's semiotic
paradigm meet in the classroom environment".
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SPRING 2003
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24.1
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Perspectives on the Philosophy of Charles S. Peirce
A one-day
seminar on Peirce's philosophy at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Helsinki
Programme:
Erkki Kilpinen: "Peirce on Human Intelligence and Reason"
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen: "Moving Pictures of Thought"
Tommi Vehkavaara: "Peirce's Classification of Sciences - A Tool for Understanding Peirce"
Mats Bergman: "Representationism and Presentationism"
Jaap van Brakel: "What about Natural Laws and Natural Kinds If Chance Is a Factor in the Universe?"
Sami Pihlström: "Peirce, Contemporary Pragmatism, and the Realism-Idealism Controversy"
Ilkka Niiniluoto: "Peirce on Abduction"
Sami Paavola: "Abduction through Grammar, Critic, and Methodeutic"
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SPRING 2004
5.2.
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"Pragmatismi filosofiassa ja yhteiskuntatieteissä"
-kirjahankkeen
(toim. Erkki Kilpinen, Osmo Kivinen & Sami Pihlström) tiimoilta kaikille avoin
alustus- ja keskustelutilaisuus.
Ohjelma:
Sami Pihlström "Johdanto - Pragmatismi filosofisena perinteenä"
Erkki Kilpinen "Pragmatismin näkökulman kokonaisvaltaisuudesta"
Sami Paavola & Kai Hakkarainen "Pragmatisistinen välittyneisyys
tietoteorian ja oppimisen mallien perustana"
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18.5.
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Prof. Nathan Houser (Indiana University, Indianapolis), "Deciding Peirce's Place in the History of Analytical
Philosophy"
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AUTUMN 2004
17.9.
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Prof. Osmo Kivinen:
"Näkökulmia rortylaiseen neopragmatismiin"
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3.12.
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Semiotiikan päivät 2004: Peircen semiotiikka/Metafyysinen klubi (pj.
Tarja Knuuttila)
Ohjelma:
Sami Paavola: "Peircen semeiotistinen pragmatismi
hajautuneen kognition perustana"
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen: "Peircen semiotiikan ja nykytieteen
yhteyksistä"
Mats Bergman: "Peircen loogiset koneet"
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AUTUMN 2005
13.8.
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Symposium 'Cognition, Signs, Diagrams: Peircean Perspectives' (chair: Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen)
at the ESPP European Society for Philosophy and Psychology Conference, 11-14 August, 2005, Lund, Sweden.
Programme:
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen: "Modelling mental spaces upon Peirce's logical diagrams"
Sami Paavola: "Peirce's semeiotic pragmatism as a philosophical basis for distributed cognition"
Mats Bergman: "Logical Machines and Living Minds"
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Semiotiikan päivät 2005: Peirce ja pragmaattinen semiotiikka (pj.
Erkki Kilpinen).
Ohjelma:
Pentti Määttänen: "Secondness ja konventionaalisuuden rajat"
Tarja Knuuttila: "Resistanssin käsite tieteen- ja
teknologiantutkimuksessa"
Mats Bergman: "Ei totuutta ilman vastustusta: Tutkimuksen dynamiikka C.
S. Peircen mukaan"
Sami Paavola: "Keksimisprosessien abduktiivinen
käsitteellistäminen ja todellisuuden vastarinta"
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