Panu Raatikainen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5995343 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Panu Raatikainen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Panu |
| FAMILY NAME | Raatikainen |
| SIGNATURE | RAATIKAINEN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0308-3051 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Miracles reconsidered
The broadly Humean definitions of ‘miracles’ as violations of the laws of nature, and their usefulness, are critically scrutinised in the light of various advances in the philosophy of science in recent decades. It is suggested that we may never have the absolutely true laws of nature in our possession. Moreover, confirming that the laws of nature have actually been violated would require that the exactly correct initial conditions and various au…
Indeterminacy and reference
Chalmers and Semantics
David Chalmers' two‐dimensionalism is an ambitious philosophical program that aims to ground or construct Fregean meanings and restore “the golden triangle” of apriority, necessity, and meaning that Kripke seemingly broke. This paper aims to examine critically what Chalmers' theory can in reality achieve. It is argued that the theory faces severe challenges. There are some gaps in the overall arguments, and the reasoning is in some places somewha…
Troubles with the Canberra Plan
A popular approach in philosophy, the so-called Canberra Plan, is critically scrutinized. Two aspects of this research program, the formal and the informal program, are distinguished. It is argued that the formal program runs up against certain serious technical problems. It is also argued that the informal program involves an unclear leap at its core. Consequently, it is argued that the whole program is much more problematic than its advocates r…
Language and Reality from a Naturalistic Perspective
Ramsification and inductive inference
Against causal descriptivism
Truth and Provability—A Comment on Redhead
Michael Redhead's recent argument aiming to show that humanly certifiable truth outruns provability is critically evaluated. It is argued that the argument is at odds with logical facts and fails
More on Putnam and Tarski
Hilbert's Program Revisited
McCall’s Gödelian Argument is Invalid
Storrs McCall continues the tradition of Lucas and Penrose in an attempt to refute mechanism by appealing to Gödel’s incompleteness theorem (McCall 2001). That is, McCall argues that Gödel’s theorem “reveals a sharp dividing line between human and machine thinking”. According to McCall, “[h]uman beings are familiar with the distinction between truth and theoremhood, but Turing machines cannot look beyond their own output”. However, although McCal…
Algorithmic Information Theory and Undecidability
Simplicity and Incompleteness
Simplicity and Incompleteness
Algorithmic Information Theory and Undecidability
McCall’s Gödelian Argument is Invalid
Storrs McCall continues the tradition of Lucas and Penrose in an attempt to refute mechanism by appealing to Gödel’s incompleteness theorem (McCall 2001). That is, McCall argues that Gödel’s theorem “reveals a sharp dividing line between human and machine thinking”. According to McCall, “[h]uman beings are familiar with the distinction between truth and theoremhood, but Turing machines cannot look beyond their own output”. However, although McCal…
More on Putnam and Tarski
Hilbert's Program Revisited
Truth and Provability—A Comment on Redhead
Michael Redhead's recent argument aiming to show that humanly certifiable truth outruns provability is critically evaluated. It is argued that the argument is at odds with logical facts and fails
Against causal descriptivism
Ramsification and inductive inference
Language and Reality from a Naturalistic Perspective
Chalmers and Semantics
David Chalmers' two‐dimensionalism is an ambitious philosophical program that aims to ground or construct Fregean meanings and restore “the golden triangle” of apriority, necessity, and meaning that Kripke seemingly broke. This paper aims to examine critically what Chalmers' theory can in reality achieve. It is argued that the theory faces severe challenges. There are some gaps in the overall arguments, and the reasoning is in some places somewha…
Troubles with the Canberra Plan
A popular approach in philosophy, the so-called Canberra Plan, is critically scrutinized. Two aspects of this research program, the formal and the informal program, are distinguished. It is argued that the formal program runs up against certain serious technical problems. It is also argued that the informal program involves an unclear leap at its core. Consequently, it is argued that the whole program is much more problematic than its advocates r…
Indeterminacy and reference
Miracles reconsidered
The broadly Humean definitions of ‘miracles’ as violations of the laws of nature, and their usefulness, are critically scrutinised in the light of various advances in the philosophy of science in recent decades. It is suggested that we may never have the absolutely true laws of nature in our possession. Moreover, confirming that the laws of nature have actually been violated would require that the exactly correct initial conditions and various au…
Philosophy (12 works) · Epistemology (11 works) · Metaphysics (8 works) · Philosophy of language (8 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (7 works) · Philosophy of science (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (6 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (3 works)