Univ.-Prof. Tarja Knuuttila, MSc M.Soc.Sc PhD
Winter term 2019
180126 SE Philosophy of climate science
180156 SE Philosophy of Science
Summer term 2019
180175 SE Scientific representation
180176 KU Mechanistic philosophy of science
Winter term 2018
180095 SE What is life?
Knuuttila, T & Morgan, MS 2019, 'Deidealization: No easy reversals', Philosophy of Science, vol. 86, no. 4, pp. 641-661. https://doi.org/10.1086/704975
Knuuttila, T & Deister, VG 2019, 'Modelling Gene Regulation: (De)compositional and Template-based Strategies', Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, vol. 77, pp. 101-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2017.11.002
Knuuttila, T & Loettgers, A 2019, Magnetized Memories: Analogies and Templates in Model Transfer. in S Holm (ed.), Living Machines? : Philosophical Perspectives on the Engineering Approach in Biology. Routledge.
Knuuttila, T & Loettgers, A 2018, Models as Experimental Objects: Mathematical and Synthetic Modelling in the Study of Genetic Circuits. in IF Peschard & BC van Fraassen (eds), The Experimental Side of Modeling. Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol. 21, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis.
Knuuttila, T & Loettgers, A 2017, 'Modelling as Indirect Representation? The Lotka-Volterra Model Revisited', The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 1007-1036. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axv055
Knuuttila, T & Loettgers, A 2017, 'What are definitions of life good for? Transdisciplinary and other definitions in astrobiology', Biology and Philosophy, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 1185-1203. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-017-9600-4
Koskinen, R & Knuuttila, T 2017, Elämä ja mahdollinen elämä: filosofisia näkökulmia. in K Enqvist (ed.), Kaikki vapaudesta. Gaudeamus Helsinki University Press, Helsinki, pp. 247-259.
Knuuttila, T & Loettgers, A 2017, Mathematization in Synthetic Biology: Analogies, Templates and Fictions. in J Lenhard & M Carrier (eds), Mathematics as a Tool: tracing new roles of mathematics in the sciences. Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science , vol. 327, Springer, Cham, pp. 37-56. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54469-4_3
Knuuttila, T & Loettgers, A 2016, 'Model templates within and between disciplines: from magnets to gases - and socio-economic systems', European journal for philosophy of science, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 377-400. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-016-0145-1
Knuuttila, T & Loettgers, A 2016, Contrasting Cases: The Lotka-Volterra Model revisited. in T Sauer (ed.), The Philosophy of Historical Case Studies. Springer, Cham.
Knuuttila, T & Loettgers, A 2014, 'Varieties of noise: analogical reasoning in synthetic biology', Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, vol. 48, pp. 76-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2014.05.006
Knuuttila, T & Loettgers, A 2014, 'Magnets, spins, and neurons: the dissemination of model templates across disciplines', Monist: an international quarterly of general philosophical inquiry, vol. 97, no. 3, pp. 280-300. https://doi.org/10.5840/monist201497319
Knuuttila, T & Boon, M 2014, Bruch mit dem Epochenbruch: Der Fall der Ingenieurswissenschaften. in A Nordmann (ed.), Strukturwandel der Wissenschaft ; Science transformed?: Positionen zum Epochenbruch . Velbrück, pp. 82 - 96.
Knuuttila, T 2014, Reflexivity, Representation, and the Possibility of Constructivist Realism. in MC Galavotti (ed.), New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Springer, Cham, pp. 297-312.
Knuuttila, T & Loettgers, A 2013, 'Synthetic Modelling and Mechanistic Account: Material Recombination and Beyond', Philosophy of Science: official journal of the Philosophy of Science Association, vol. 80, no. 5, pp. 874-885. https://doi.org/10.1086/673965
Evans, MR, Grimm, V, Johst, K, Knuuttila, T, de Langhe, R, Lessells, CM, Merz, M, O'Malley, MA, Orzack, SH, Weisberg, M, Wilkinson, DJ, Wolkenhauer, O & Benton, TG 2013, 'Do simple models lead to generality in ecology?', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 578-583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2013.05.022
Knuuttila, T 2013, 'Science in a New Mode: Good Old (Theoretical) Science Versus Brave New (Commodified) Knowledge Production?', Science & Education, vol. 22, no. 10, pp. 2443-2461. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-012-9498-9
Knuuttila, T & Loettgers, A 2013, 'Basic science through engineering? Synthetic modelling and the idea of biology-inspired engineering', Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 158-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2013.03.011
Gramelsberger, G, Knuuttila, T & Gelfert, A 2013, 'Philosophical perspectives on synthetic biology', Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 119-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2013.03.006
Knuuttila, T & Loettgers, A 2013, Synthetic biology as an engineering science? analogical reasoning, synthetic modelling, and integration. in H Andersen (ed.), New Challenges to Philosophy of Science. The Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective , vol. 4, Springer Netherlands, pp. 163-177. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5845-2_14
Knuuttila, T & Johansson, H 2013, Hommage à Holmberg/ Pédofil of Boa Vista: Representation, Laboratory and Field Studies. in L Beloff (ed.), Field Notes – From Landscape to Laboratory. Finnish Bioart Society, pp. 18 - 33.
Knuuttila, T 2013, Kaupallistuneen tieteen normit. in Talous ja filosofia. Gaudeamus Helsinki University Press.
Knuuttila, T 2013, Metamorphoses of Meaning: The Concept of the Ideal from a Semiotic Perspective. in A Levant (ed.), Dialectics of the Ideal: Evald Ilyenkov and Creative Soviet Marxism. Brill, pp. 145 - 164.
Morgan, MS & Knuuttila, T 2012, Models and Modelling in Economics. in U Mäki (ed.), Philosophy of Economics. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 49-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-51676-3.50003-8
Knuuttila, T & Loettgers, A 2012, The Productive Tension: Mechanisms vs. Templates in Modeling the Phenomena. in P Humphreys (ed.), Representations, Models, and Simulations. Routledge, New York, pp. 3-24.
Knuuttila, T & Boon, M 2011, 'How do models give us knowledge? The case of Carnot's ideal heat engine', European journal for philosophy of science, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 309-334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-011-0029-3
Boon, M & Knuuttila, T 2011, Breaking up with Epochal Break: The Case of Engineering Sciences. in A Nordmann (ed.), Science Transformed: Debating Claims of an Epochal Break. Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa., pp. 66-79.
Knuuttila, T & Loettgers, A 2011, 'Causal isolation robustness analysis: the combinatorial strategy of circadian clock research', Biology and Philosophy, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 773-791. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-011-9279-x
Knuuttila, T & Kuorikoski, J 2011, Idealized Representations, Inferential Devices and Cross-Disciplinary Tools: Theoretical Models in Social Sciences. in I Jarvie (ed.), The Sage Handbook of the Philosophy of Social Science. Sage Publications Ltd., pp. 530-550.
Knuuttila, T 2011, In the Grey Area: University Research and Commercial Activity – The Case of Language Technology. in J Dzisah (ed.), The Age of Knowledge: The Dynamics of Universities, Knowledge and Society. Studies in critical social sciences , vol. 37, pp. 289-310.
Knuuttila, T & Lehtinen, A 2010, Johdanto: Representaatio – Tiedon kivijalasta tieteiden työkaluksi. in T Knuuttila & AP Lehtinen (eds), Representaatio: Tiedon kivijalasta tieteiden työkaluksi. Gaudeamus Helsinki University Press, Helsinki.
Knuuttila, T 2010, Not Just Underlying Structures: Towards a Semiotic Approach to Scientific Representation. in M Bergman & H Rydenfelt (eds), Ideas in Action: Proceedings of the Applying Peirce Conference., 12, Nordic Studies in Pragmatism, no. 1.
Knuuttila, T & Lehtinen, A 2010, Representaatio: Tiedon kivijalasta tieteiden työkaluksi. Gaudeamus Helsinki University Press.
Knuuttila, T 2010, Some Consequences of the Pragmatic Approach to Representation. in M Suárez (ed.), EPSA Epistemology and Methodology of Science: Launch of the European Philosophy of Science Association. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 139-148.
Knuuttila, T 2010, Totuudenmukaisia esityksiä vai monikäyttöisiä välineitä? Mallit tieteellisinä representaatioina. in T Knuuttila & AP Lehtinen (eds), Representaatio: Tiedon kivijalasta tieteiden työkaluksi. Gaudeamus Helsinki University Press, Helsinki, pp. 331 - 350.
Boon, M & Knuuttila, T 2009, Models as Epistemic Tools in Engineering Sciences. in A Meijers (ed.), Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Sciences. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 693-726. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-51667-1.50030-6
Tuunainen, J & Knuuttila, T 2009, 'Intermingling Academic and Business Activities: A New Direction for Science and Universities?', Science, Technology & Human Values, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 684 - 704. https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243909337118
Boon, M & Knuuttila, T 2009, Models as Epistemic Tools in Engineering Sciences: A Pragmatic Approach. in A Meijers (ed.), Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Sciences: Handbook of the Philosophy of Science. Elsevier, Amsterdam [u.a.], pp. 693-726.
Knuuttila, T 2009, Representation, Idealization, and Fiction in Economics: From the Assumptions Issue to the Epistemology of Modelling. in M Suárez (ed.), Fictions in Science: Philosophical Essays on Modeling and Idealization. Routledge, New York, pp. 205 - 231.
Knuuttila, T 2009, The Absent Encyclopedia: Meaning-Making According to Umberto Eco. in E Tarasti (ed.), Communication: Understanding/Misunderstanding : proceedings of the 9th Congress of the IASS/AIS - Helsinki-Imatra, 11-17 June, 2007 Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Semiotic Studies. Acta semiotica Fennica, Helsinki.
Knuuttila, T & Merz, M 2009, Understanding by Modeling: An Objectual Approach. in HWD Regt (ed.), Scientific Understanding: Philosophical Perspectives. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 146-168.
Tuunainen, J & Knuuttila, T 2008, Determining the norms of science: From epistemological criteria to local struggle on organizational rules? in J Välimaa (ed.), Cultural Perspectives on Higher Education. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp. 143-158. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6604-7_10
Johansson, H & Knuuttila, T 2008, Mitä vitriinissä oikein tapahtuu? Hommage à Holmberg tieteellisen ja taiteellisen representaation jäljillä. in H Johansson (ed.), Hommage à Lauri Anttila. Kuvataideakatemia, Helsinki, pp. 40 - 76.
Knuuttila, T 2008, Models and modeling. in WA Darity (ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. vol. 5, Macmillan Reference USA, Detroit.
Knuuttila, T 2007, Language Technological Models as Epistemic Artefacts: The Case of Constraint Grammar Parser. in Computation, Information, Cognition: The Nexus and the Liminal. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 280-290.
Knuuttila, T 2007, Rahan tarjonta ja inflation kausaatio: Kausaalinen prioriteetti taloustieteellisessä esimerkkitapauksessa. in H Gylling (ed.), Syy. Gaudeamus Helsinki University Press, Helsinki, pp. 175 - 188.
Knuuttila, T, Rusanen, A-M & Honkela, T 2007, Self-Organizing Maps as Travelling Computational Templates. in International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, 2007: IJCNN 2007 ; 12 - 17 Aug. 2007, Orlando, Florida, USA . pp. 1231-1236, Orlando, United States, 12/08/07. https://doi.org/10.1109/IJCNN.2007.4371134
Tuunainen, J & Knuuttila, T 2006, 'Akateeminen työ ja tutkimustulosten kaupallistaminen – mahdoton yhtälö?', Tiedepolitiikka, no. 3 (2006), pp. 27 - 36.
Knuuttila, T, Merz, M & Mattila, E 2006, 'Computer Models and Simulations in Scientific Practice', Science & Technology Studies, no. 19, pp. 3 - 11.
Knuuttila, T, Merz, M & Mattila, E 2006, 'Computer Models and Simulations in Scientific Practice', Science Studies: an interdisciplinary journal for science and technology studies, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 3-11.
Knuuttila, T 2006, 'From Representation to Production: Parsers and Parsing in Language Technology', Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook, vol. 25, pp. 41 - 55.
Knuuttila, T & Honkela, T 2006, Questioning External and Internal Representation: The Case of Scientific Models. in L Magnani & R Dossena (eds), Computing, Philosophy, and Cognition: proceedings of the European Computing and Philosophy Conference (ECAP 2004). College Publications, London, pp. 209-227.
Knuuttila, T 2006, Realismi ja representaatio kansantaloustieteessä: Oletusten realistisuudesta mallinnuksen epistemologiaan. in M-L Kakkuri-Knuuttila & K Rolin (eds), Soveltava yhteiskuntatiede ja filosofia. Gaudeamus Helsinki University Press, Helsinki, pp. 241 - 267.
Miettinen, R, Tuunainen, J, Knuuttila, T & Mattila, E 2006, Tieteestä tuotteeksi? Yliopistotutkimus muutosten ristipaineessa. Yliopistopaino, Helsinki.
Knuuttila, T & Ryynänen, M 2005, Ainakin neljä Ecoa. in T Knuuttila & M Ryynänen (eds), Umberto Eco: Teräsmies, James Joyce ja vesinokkaeläin. Yliopistopaino, Helsinki, pp. 7 - 18.
Knuuttila, T 2005, Is Representation Really in Crisis? in M Gane (ed.), Umberto Eco. Sage Publications Ltd., London, pp. 113-129.
Knuuttila, T 2005, Kulttuurin koodista semiosiksen sarastukseen: Umberto Eco semiootikkona. in T Knuuttila & M Ryynänen (eds), Umberto Eco: Teräsmies, James Joyce ja vesinokkaeläin. Yliopistopaino, Helsinki, pp. 19 - 54.
Veivo, H & Knuuttila, T 2005, Modelling, Theorizing and Interpretation in Cognitive Literary Studies. in H Veivo (ed.), Cognition and Literary Interpretation in Practice. Gaudeamus Helsinki University Press, Helsinki, pp. 283-306.
Knuuttila, T 2005, Models as Epistemic Artefacts: Toward a Non-Representationalist Account of Scientific Representation. University of Helsinki, Helsinki.
Knuuttila, T 2005, 'Models, Representation, and Mediation', Philosophy of Science: official journal of the Philosophy of Science Association, no. 72, pp. 1260 - 1271.
Hynna, K, Creutz, M, Knuuttila, T & Honkela, T 2005, On Representation of Action within Real-World Situations. in T Honkela (ed.), Adaptive and Statistical Approaches in Conceptual Modelling. Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, pp. 56-70.
Knuuttila, T 2005, Subjekti, halu ja Edellisen päivän saari. in T Knuuttila & M Ryynänen (eds), Umberto Eco: Teräsmies, James Joyce ja vesinokkaeläin. Yliopistopaino, Helsinki, pp. 201 - 229.
Knuuttila, T & Ryynänen, M 2005, Umberto Eco: Teräsmies, James Joyce ja vesinokkaeläin. Yliopistopaino, Helsinki.
Knuuttila, T 2004, What is a Model a Model of. in E Tarasti (ed.), From nature to psyche: proceedings from the ISI Summer Congresses at Imatra in 2001-2002 . Acta semiotica Fennica, International Semiotics Institute, Helsinki, pp. 182-191.
Knuuttila, T & Voutilainen, A 2003, 'A Parser as an Epistemic Artefact: A Material View on Models', Philosophy of Science: official journal of the Philosophy of Science Association, vol. 70, no. 5, pp. 1484 - 1495. https://doi.org/10.1086/377424
Honkela, T, Hynna, K & Knuuttila, T 2003, Framework for Modelling Partial Conceptual Autonomy of Adaptive and Communicative Agents. in R Alterman (ed.), Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 2003: July 30 - August 2, 2003, Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publ, pp. 569-574, Annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society , Boston, United States, 30/07/03.
Knuuttila, T 2003, 'Is Representation Really in Crisis?', Semiotica: journal of the international association for semiotic studies, no. 143, pp. 95 - 111.
Knuuttila, T 2003, The Encyclopedia and Semiosis: An Artifactual Perspective. in E Tarasti (ed.), Understanding/Misunderstanding: Contributions to the Study of the Hermeneutics of Signs. International Semiotics Institute, Imatra, pp. 92 - 102.
Knuuttila, T & Ryynänen, M (eds) 2002, 'Special issue on Umberto Eco: ”Monta Ecoa”', Synteesi, no. 1.
Knuuttila, T 2000, Alter Eco: Toisen teema Umberto Econ romaanissa 'Edellisen päivän saari'. in E Tarasti (ed.), Ymmärtämisen merkit: Samuuden ja toiseuden ikoneja suomalaisessa kulttuurissa. Acta semiotica Fennica, vol. 8, International Semiotics Institute, pp. 210-226.
Knuuttila, T 2000, Semiosis and the Concept of the Ideal. in V Oittinen (ed.), Evald Ilyenkov’s Philosophy Revisited: [Proceedings of the Ilyenkov symposium in Helsinki 7th - 8th September 1999]. Kikimora Publications. Series B, vol. 13, Aleksanteri Institute, Helsinki, pp. 189 - 204.
The Model-based Theoretical Strategy: Representations, Fictions and Artefacts
Tarja Knuuttila (Speaker)26 Mar 2019
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Model-Based Theoretical Strategy and the Artefactual Approach
Tarja Knuuttila (Speaker)5 Feb 2019
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Mechanisms and Epistemic Artefacts: Modeling the Nerve Impulse
Tarja Knuuttila (Speaker), Natalia Carillo-Escalera (Speaker)2019
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Synthetic Models: Concrete and Fictional?
Tarja Knuuttila (Speaker)2019
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
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