Arto Laitinen
Biographic Data
| ID | 258688 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arto Laitinen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arto |
| FAMILY NAME | Laitinen |
| SIGNATURE | LAITINEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tampere University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4514-7298 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Should groups become self-interpreting agents
This paper examines whether groups can and should be self-interpreting agents. It seems that at least groups based on shared interests, ‘interest groups’, and groups providing a collective identity, ‘identity groups’, would prima facie benefit from becoming self-interpreting. This is a claim which is reflected both in political philosophy and analyses of group agency. In this paper we evaluate this claim, first, by providing a taxonomy of groups …
On Negative Powers and On Standard Nonideal Theorists: Comments on Åsa Burman’s Nonideal Social Ontology
This commentary on Åsa Burman’s Nonideal Social Ontology: The Power View makes a number of critical points about how power and powers are characterized in the book. For example, the idea of negative powers seems metaphysically suspect, leads to grammatical oddities, and could easily be dropped. Burman’s views on the ideal theoretical standard model of social ontology are examined, suggesting a stark difference between what makes a theory “ideal” …
Recognition in interaction: Theoretical and empirical observations
In the current paper we aim to combine the theoretical ideas of recognition theory to conversation analytical, empirical observations. We ask what recognition theories can give to conversation analysis, and vice versa. We operate on a model of recognition that consists of three different modes: respect, esteem, and love/care, and which distinguishes the levels of conversational actions and the attitudes of recognition manifested in such actions. …
Entre Nous: Charles Taylor’s Social Ontology
This article discusses Charles Taylor’s philosophy of human sociality, focusing especially on Taylor’s analysis of what happens, when a linguistic exchange or conversation starts. On his view, a shared space emerges, in which some object or topic is irreducibly ‘for us’, entre nous, not merely ‘for me’ and ‘for you,’. When something is brought to our shared attention, a ‘we’ is at the same time created. This article asks, first, how this differs …
Social wrongs
In this paper we elucidate the notion of ‘social wrongs’. It differs from moral wrongness, and is broader than narrowly political wrongs. We distinguish conceptually monadic wrongness (1.1), dyadic wronging (1.2), and the idea of there being something ‘wrong with’ an entity (1.3). We argue that social and political wrongs share a feature with natural badness or wrongness (illnesses of organisms) as well as malfunctioning artifacts or dysfunctiona…
Hegel on Purpose
In this paper we propose a new interpretation of Hegel's views on action and responsibility, defending it against its most plausible exegetical competitors. 1 Any exposition of Hegel will face both terminological and substantive challenges, and so we place, from the outset, some interpretative constraints. The paper divides into two parts. In part one, we point out that Hegel makes a number of distinctions which any sensible account of responsibi…
Could robots strengthen the sense of autonomy of older people residing in assisted living facilities?—A future-oriented study
There is an urge to introduce high technology and robotics in care settings. Assisted living (AL) is the fastest growing form of older adults’ long-term care. Resident autonomy has become the watchword for good care. This article sheds light on the potential effects of care robotics on the sense of autonomy of older people in AL. Three aspects of the residents’ sense of autonomy are of particular interest: (a) interaction-based sense of autonomy,…
Between normativism and naturalism: Honneth on social pathology
Axel Honneth has revitalized the notion of "social pathology" as a critical concept for social philosophy and Critical Theory; he has even defined the task of social philosophy in terms of pathology diagnosis and that of Critical Theory as a diagnosis and therapy of social pathology (Honneth 2007(Honneth & 2009)).He has also used the idea of social pathology in his magnum opus (2014a) and studied it more widely as a critical tool in its own right…
Four conceptions of social pathology
This article starts with the idea that the task of social philosophy can be defined as the diagnosis and therapy of social pathologies. It discusses four conceptions of social pathology. The first two conceptions are 'normativist' and hold that something is a social pathology if it is socially wrong. On the first view, there is no encompassing characterization of social pathologies available: it is a cluster concept of family resemblances. On the…
Philosophy and self-expression
Hegelian Constructivism in Ethical Theory
Recognition and democracy - An introduction
This is an introduction to a special issue on recognition and democracy. We outline the constitutive and enabling relations between democracy and recognition. We distinguish between pre-political and political forms of identity and recognition, between horizontal and vertical forms of recognition, and between democratic and other ways or arranging the vertical and horizontal aspects of political life. We also distinguish between the roles of a su…
Broader contexts of non-domination: Pettit and Hegel on freedom and recognition
This paper compares Philip Pettit's account of freedom to Hegelian ones.Both share the key insight that characterizes the tradition of republicanism from the Ancients to Rousseau: to be subordinated to the will of particular others is to be unfree.They both also hold that relations to others, relations of recognition, are in various ways directly constitutive of freedom, and in different ways enabling conditions of freedom.For example, the republ…
Solidarity: Theory and Practice
This book brings together philosophers, social psychologists and social scientists to approach contemporary social reality from the viewpoint of solidarity. It examines the nature of different kinds of solidarity and assesses the normative and explanatory potential of the concept. Various aspects of solidarity as a special emotionally and ethically responsive relation are studied: the nature of collective emotions and mutual recognition, responsi…
Collective Intentionality and Recognition from Others
Misrecognition, Misrecognition, and Fallibility
Recognition and Social Ontology
This unique collection focuses on the unexamined connections between two contemporary, intensively debated lines of inquiry: Hegel-inspired theories of recognition (Anerkennung) and analytical social ontology. These lines address the roots of human sociality from different conceptual perspectives and have complementary strengths, variously stressing the social constitution of persons in interpersonal relations and the emergence of social and inst…
Esteem for Contributions to the Common Good: The Role of Personifying Attitudes and Instrumental Value
Social esteem based on contributions to the common good, or to the good of others, is an important phenomenon, and, following Axel Honneth, it can be seen as an important subspecies of interpersonal recognition, side by side with respect and love. In this chapter we will contrast two accounts of this phenomenon, hoping that this kind of cross-illumination will prove useful by clarifying a number of conceptual questions and options that one needs …
Hegel on Action
In Defense of a Key Notion of Hegel's Theory of Action H-C.Schmidt am Busch Hegel's Planning Theory of Agency M.Quante Hegel, Narrative and Agency A.Speight Action Between Conviction and Recognition in Hegel's Critique of the Moral Worldviews F.Menegoni Hegel and Agent-Relative Reasons D.Moyar Bibliography Index
Recognition, Needs and Wrongness: Two Approaches
`Due recognition is a vital human need', argues Charles Taylor. In this article I explore this oft-quoted claim from two complementary and equally appealing perspectives. The bottom—up approach is constructed around Axel Honneth's theory of recognition, and the top—down approach is exemplified by T. M. Scanlon's brief remarks about mutual recognition. The former can be summed up in the slogan `wronging by misrecognizing', the latter in the slogan…
Taylor on Solidarity
After characterizing Taylor's general approach to the problems of solidarity, we distinguish and reconstruct three contexts of solidarity in which this approach is developed: the civic, the socio-economic, and the moral. We argue that Taylor's distinctive move in each of these contexts of solidarity is to claim that the relationship at stake poses normatively justified demands, which are motivationally demanding, but insufficiently motivating on …
Strong Evaluation without Moral Sources: On Charles Taylor's Philosophical Anthropology and Ethics
Charles Taylor (1931- ) is one of the leading living philosophers. This is the first extended study on the key notions of his views in philosophical anthropology and ethical theory. Firstly, Laitinen clarifies, qualifies and defends Taylor's thesis that transcendental arguments show that personal understandings concerning ethical and other values (so called "strong evaluation") is necessary, in different ways, for human agency, selfhood, identity…
The Course of Recognition
nonPeerReviewed
Maeve Cooke, Re-Presenting the Good Society
Interpersonal Recognition and Responsiveness to Relevant Differences
This essay defends a three‐dimensional response‐model theory of recognition of persons, and discusses the related phenomenon of recognition of reasons, values and principles. The theory is three‐dimensional in endorsing recognition of the equality of persons and two kinds of relevant differences: merits and special relationships. It defends a ‘response‐model’ which holds that adequacy of recognition of persons is a matter of adequate responsivene…
Four conceptions of social pathology
This article starts with the idea that the task of social philosophy can be defined as the diagnosis and therapy of social pathologies. It discusses four conceptions of social pathology. The first two conceptions are 'normativist' and hold that something is a social pathology if it is socially wrong. On the first view, there is no encompassing characterization of social pathologies available: it is a cluster concept of family resemblances. On the…
Between normativism and naturalism: Honneth on social pathology
Axel Honneth has revitalized the notion of "social pathology" as a critical concept for social philosophy and Critical Theory; he has even defined the task of social philosophy in terms of pathology diagnosis and that of Critical Theory as a diagnosis and therapy of social pathology (Honneth 2007(Honneth & 2009)).He has also used the idea of social pathology in his magnum opus (2014a) and studied it more widely as a critical tool in its own right…
Misrecognition, Misrecognition, and Fallibility
Recognition, Needs and Wrongness: Two Approaches
`Due recognition is a vital human need', argues Charles Taylor. In this article I explore this oft-quoted claim from two complementary and equally appealing perspectives. The bottom—up approach is constructed around Axel Honneth's theory of recognition, and the top—down approach is exemplified by T. M. Scanlon's brief remarks about mutual recognition. The former can be summed up in the slogan `wronging by misrecognizing', the latter in the slogan…
Broader contexts of non-domination: Pettit and Hegel on freedom and recognition
This paper compares Philip Pettit's account of freedom to Hegelian ones.Both share the key insight that characterizes the tradition of republicanism from the Ancients to Rousseau: to be subordinated to the will of particular others is to be unfree.They both also hold that relations to others, relations of recognition, are in various ways directly constitutive of freedom, and in different ways enabling conditions of freedom.For example, the republ…
Could robots strengthen the sense of autonomy of older people residing in assisted living facilities?—A future-oriented study
There is an urge to introduce high technology and robotics in care settings. Assisted living (AL) is the fastest growing form of older adults’ long-term care. Resident autonomy has become the watchword for good care. This article sheds light on the potential effects of care robotics on the sense of autonomy of older people in AL. Three aspects of the residents’ sense of autonomy are of particular interest: (a) interaction-based sense of autonomy,…
Social wrongs
In this paper we elucidate the notion of ‘social wrongs’. It differs from moral wrongness, and is broader than narrowly political wrongs. We distinguish conceptually monadic wrongness (1.1), dyadic wronging (1.2), and the idea of there being something ‘wrong with’ an entity (1.3). We argue that social and political wrongs share a feature with natural badness or wrongness (illnesses of organisms) as well as malfunctioning artifacts or dysfunctiona…
Recognition and democracy - An introduction
This is an introduction to a special issue on recognition and democracy. We outline the constitutive and enabling relations between democracy and recognition. We distinguish between pre-political and political forms of identity and recognition, between horizontal and vertical forms of recognition, and between democratic and other ways or arranging the vertical and horizontal aspects of political life. We also distinguish between the roles of a su…
Interpersonal Recognition and Responsiveness to Relevant Differences
This essay defends a three‐dimensional response‐model theory of recognition of persons, and discusses the related phenomenon of recognition of reasons, values and principles. The theory is three‐dimensional in endorsing recognition of the equality of persons and two kinds of relevant differences: merits and special relationships. It defends a ‘response‐model’ which holds that adequacy of recognition of persons is a matter of adequate responsivene…
Interpersonal Recognition: A Response to Value or a Precondition of Personhood?
This article suggests first that the concept of interpersonal recognition be understood in a multidimensional (as opposed to one-dimensional), practical (as opposed to symbolic), and strict (as opposed to broad) way. Second, it is argued that due recognition be seen as a reason-governed response to evaluative features, rather than all normativity and reasons being seen as generated by recognition. This can be called a response-model, or, more pre…
Strong evaluation without sources: On Charles Taylor's philosophical anthropology and cultural moral realism
Yhteenveto
Interpersonal Recognition and Responsiveness to Relevant Differences
This essay defends a three‐dimensional response‐model theory of recognition of persons, and discusses the related phenomenon of recognition of reasons, values and principles. The theory is three‐dimensional in endorsing recognition of the equality of persons and two kinds of relevant differences: merits and special relationships. It defends a ‘response‐model’ which holds that adequacy of recognition of persons is a matter of adequate responsivene…
The Course of Recognition
nonPeerReviewed
Maeve Cooke, Re-Presenting the Good Society
Strong Evaluation without Moral Sources: On Charles Taylor's Philosophical Anthropology and Ethics
Charles Taylor (1931- ) is one of the leading living philosophers. This is the first extended study on the key notions of his views in philosophical anthropology and ethical theory. Firstly, Laitinen clarifies, qualifies and defends Taylor's thesis that transcendental arguments show that personal understandings concerning ethical and other values (so called "strong evaluation") is necessary, in different ways, for human agency, selfhood, identity…
Recognition, Needs and Wrongness: Two Approaches
`Due recognition is a vital human need', argues Charles Taylor. In this article I explore this oft-quoted claim from two complementary and equally appealing perspectives. The bottom—up approach is constructed around Axel Honneth's theory of recognition, and the top—down approach is exemplified by T. M. Scanlon's brief remarks about mutual recognition. The former can be summed up in the slogan `wronging by misrecognizing', the latter in the slogan…
Taylor on Solidarity
After characterizing Taylor's general approach to the problems of solidarity, we distinguish and reconstruct three contexts of solidarity in which this approach is developed: the civic, the socio-economic, and the moral. We argue that Taylor's distinctive move in each of these contexts of solidarity is to claim that the relationship at stake poses normatively justified demands, which are motivationally demanding, but insufficiently motivating on …
Esteem for Contributions to the Common Good: The Role of Personifying Attitudes and Instrumental Value
Social esteem based on contributions to the common good, or to the good of others, is an important phenomenon, and, following Axel Honneth, it can be seen as an important subspecies of interpersonal recognition, side by side with respect and love. In this chapter we will contrast two accounts of this phenomenon, hoping that this kind of cross-illumination will prove useful by clarifying a number of conceptual questions and options that one needs …
Hegel on Action
In Defense of a Key Notion of Hegel's Theory of Action H-C.Schmidt am Busch Hegel's Planning Theory of Agency M.Quante Hegel, Narrative and Agency A.Speight Action Between Conviction and Recognition in Hegel's Critique of the Moral Worldviews F.Menegoni Hegel and Agent-Relative Reasons D.Moyar Bibliography Index
Recognition and Social Ontology
This unique collection focuses on the unexamined connections between two contemporary, intensively debated lines of inquiry: Hegel-inspired theories of recognition (Anerkennung) and analytical social ontology. These lines address the roots of human sociality from different conceptual perspectives and have complementary strengths, variously stressing the social constitution of persons in interpersonal relations and the emergence of social and inst…
Misrecognition, Misrecognition, and Fallibility
Solidarity: Theory and Practice
This book brings together philosophers, social psychologists and social scientists to approach contemporary social reality from the viewpoint of solidarity. It examines the nature of different kinds of solidarity and assesses the normative and explanatory potential of the concept. Various aspects of solidarity as a special emotionally and ethically responsive relation are studied: the nature of collective emotions and mutual recognition, responsi…
Collective Intentionality and Recognition from Others
Broader contexts of non-domination: Pettit and Hegel on freedom and recognition
This paper compares Philip Pettit's account of freedom to Hegelian ones.Both share the key insight that characterizes the tradition of republicanism from the Ancients to Rousseau: to be subordinated to the will of particular others is to be unfree.They both also hold that relations to others, relations of recognition, are in various ways directly constitutive of freedom, and in different ways enabling conditions of freedom.For example, the republ…
Hegelian Constructivism in Ethical Theory
Recognition and democracy - An introduction
This is an introduction to a special issue on recognition and democracy. We outline the constitutive and enabling relations between democracy and recognition. We distinguish between pre-political and political forms of identity and recognition, between horizontal and vertical forms of recognition, and between democratic and other ways or arranging the vertical and horizontal aspects of political life. We also distinguish between the roles of a su…
Philosophy and self-expression
Hegel on Purpose
In this paper we propose a new interpretation of Hegel's views on action and responsibility, defending it against its most plausible exegetical competitors. 1 Any exposition of Hegel will face both terminological and substantive challenges, and so we place, from the outset, some interpretative constraints. The paper divides into two parts. In part one, we point out that Hegel makes a number of distinctions which any sensible account of responsibi…
Could robots strengthen the sense of autonomy of older people residing in assisted living facilities?—A future-oriented study
There is an urge to introduce high technology and robotics in care settings. Assisted living (AL) is the fastest growing form of older adults’ long-term care. Resident autonomy has become the watchword for good care. This article sheds light on the potential effects of care robotics on the sense of autonomy of older people in AL. Three aspects of the residents’ sense of autonomy are of particular interest: (a) interaction-based sense of autonomy,…
Between normativism and naturalism: Honneth on social pathology
Axel Honneth has revitalized the notion of "social pathology" as a critical concept for social philosophy and Critical Theory; he has even defined the task of social philosophy in terms of pathology diagnosis and that of Critical Theory as a diagnosis and therapy of social pathology (Honneth 2007(Honneth & 2009)).He has also used the idea of social pathology in his magnum opus (2014a) and studied it more widely as a critical tool in its own right…
Four conceptions of social pathology
This article starts with the idea that the task of social philosophy can be defined as the diagnosis and therapy of social pathologies. It discusses four conceptions of social pathology. The first two conceptions are 'normativist' and hold that something is a social pathology if it is socially wrong. On the first view, there is no encompassing characterization of social pathologies available: it is a cluster concept of family resemblances. On the…
Social wrongs
In this paper we elucidate the notion of ‘social wrongs’. It differs from moral wrongness, and is broader than narrowly political wrongs. We distinguish conceptually monadic wrongness (1.1), dyadic wronging (1.2), and the idea of there being something ‘wrong with’ an entity (1.3). We argue that social and political wrongs share a feature with natural badness or wrongness (illnesses of organisms) as well as malfunctioning artifacts or dysfunctiona…
Entre Nous: Charles Taylor’s Social Ontology
This article discusses Charles Taylor’s philosophy of human sociality, focusing especially on Taylor’s analysis of what happens, when a linguistic exchange or conversation starts. On his view, a shared space emerges, in which some object or topic is irreducibly ‘for us’, entre nous, not merely ‘for me’ and ‘for you,’. When something is brought to our shared attention, a ‘we’ is at the same time created. This article asks, first, how this differs …
Recognition in interaction: Theoretical and empirical observations
In the current paper we aim to combine the theoretical ideas of recognition theory to conversation analytical, empirical observations. We ask what recognition theories can give to conversation analysis, and vice versa. We operate on a model of recognition that consists of three different modes: respect, esteem, and love/care, and which distinguishes the levels of conversational actions and the attitudes of recognition manifested in such actions. …
Epistemology (21 works) · Philosophy (19 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (13 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Law (9 works)