Pentti Määttänen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1680232 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pentti Määttänen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pentti |
| FAMILY NAME | Määttänen |
| SIGNATURE | MÄÄTTÄNEN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7882-9711 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Facts and Values After David Hume
According to David Hume values do not belong to the world of facts and cannot be derived from facts. However, Hume’s argument is based on questionable presumptions. His conception of experience as sense perception is erroneous. On contemporary standards it is simply false because sense organs are not channels that passively receive inputs from the world. It is too narrow as it does not take the role of action into account. Further, Hume’s argumen…
Mind in Action
Film, Politics and Epistemology
Film, Politics and Epistemology Pentti Määttänen (bio) Michael J. Shapiro, Cinematic Geopolitics. London and New York: Routledge, 2009. US$34.95 (paper), 180 pp. ISBN 978-0-414-77636-3 As the world changes so also do wars and conflicts. At earlier times, states tried to procure territories from other states and nations; generals could draw new lines on their maps according to the success or failures of their troops. This old geopolitical frame st…
Semiotics of space
Henri Lefebvre discusses the problem of a spatial code for reading, interpreting, and producing the space we live in. He is not content with the linguistic approach where the notion of meaning is defined in terms of language. The semiotic theory of Charles Peirce provides the required elements for this kind of spatial code. Meaning is defined as a habit of action, and this notion of meaning can be applied not only to linguistic expressions but al…
Semiotics of space
Henri Lefebvre discusses the problem of a spatial code for reading, interpreting, and producing the space we live in. He is not content with the linguistic approach where the notion of meaning is defined in terms of language. The semiotic theory of Charles Peirce provides the required elements for this kind of spatial code. Meaning is defined as a habit of action, and this notion of meaning can be applied not only to linguistic expressions but al…
Semiotics of space
Henri Lefebvre discusses the problem of a spatial code for reading, interpreting, and producing the space we live in. He is not content with the linguistic approach where the notion of meaning is defined in terms of language. The semiotic theory of Charles Peirce provides the required elements for this kind of spatial code. Meaning is defined as a habit of action, and this notion of meaning can be applied not only to linguistic expressions but al…
Film, Politics and Epistemology
Film, Politics and Epistemology Pentti Määttänen (bio) Michael J. Shapiro, Cinematic Geopolitics. London and New York: Routledge, 2009. US$34.95 (paper), 180 pp. ISBN 978-0-414-77636-3 As the world changes so also do wars and conflicts. At earlier times, states tried to procure territories from other states and nations; generals could draw new lines on their maps according to the success or failures of their troops. This old geopolitical frame st…
Mind in Action
Facts and Values After David Hume
According to David Hume values do not belong to the world of facts and cannot be derived from facts. However, Hume’s argument is based on questionable presumptions. His conception of experience as sense perception is erroneous. On contemporary standards it is simply false because sense organs are not channels that passively receive inputs from the world. It is too narrow as it does not take the role of action into account. Further, Hume’s argumen…
Philosophy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Action (physics) (2 works) · Computer security (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Physics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Adversary (1 work)