Mika Perälä
Biographic Data
| ID | 6346064 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mika Perälä |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mika |
| FAMILY NAME | Perälä |
| SIGNATURE | PERÄLÄ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5134-2161 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Adapting philosophy for Children for Finnish upper secondary schools
Causal variables in the community of inquiry
Philosophy for Children is an educational program designed to cultivate critical, creative, and caring thinking. Despite empirical research since the 1970s, there is no unified theoretical model that explains the causal structures behind the program's effectiveness. To address this gap, our study seeks to answer two key questions: (i) What variables are identified in empirical research into the effectiveness of Philosophy for Children? (ii) Which…
Aristotle on Perfect and Imperfect Sense Activities
Aristotle seems to think that a sense such as sight or taste can work imperfectly in certain conditions, for example, when it is dark, or the perceiver is ill. This article addresses the question of how he can account for imperfect sense activities as well as for perfect sense activities. The answer proposed is that Aristotle’s account is based on a certain understanding of the sense as a capacity: he defines the sense as a capacity for exercisin…
Aristotle on Perceptual Discrimination
It is commonly assumed that Aristotle defines a sense by reference to its ability to perceive the items that are proper to that sense, and that he explains perceptions of unities of these items, and discriminations between them, by reference to what is called the ‘common sense’. This paper argues in contrast that Aristotle defines a sense by reference, not only to its ability to perceive the proper items, but also to its ability to discriminate b…
A Friend Being Good and One’s Own in Nicomachean Ethics 9.9
This paper reconsiders Aristotle’s arguments in Nicomachean Ethics 9.9 concerning the claim that a virtuous friend is naturally desirable. The paper demonstrates that a virtuous friend, according to Aristotle, is naturally desirable not only because he is good, but also because he is one’s own. Although the two are different ways of being desirable, the paper shows that Aristotle takes being one’s own to consist in a distinctive kind of being goo…
Ancient and Early Medieval Theories
Ancient Theories of Judgement
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Ancient and Early Medieval Theories
Ancient Theories of Judgement
A Friend Being Good and One’s Own in Nicomachean Ethics 9.9
This paper reconsiders Aristotle’s arguments in Nicomachean Ethics 9.9 concerning the claim that a virtuous friend is naturally desirable. The paper demonstrates that a virtuous friend, according to Aristotle, is naturally desirable not only because he is good, but also because he is one’s own. Although the two are different ways of being desirable, the paper shows that Aristotle takes being one’s own to consist in a distinctive kind of being goo…
Aristotle on Perceptual Discrimination
It is commonly assumed that Aristotle defines a sense by reference to its ability to perceive the items that are proper to that sense, and that he explains perceptions of unities of these items, and discriminations between them, by reference to what is called the ‘common sense’. This paper argues in contrast that Aristotle defines a sense by reference, not only to its ability to perceive the proper items, but also to its ability to discriminate b…
Causal variables in the community of inquiry
Philosophy for Children is an educational program designed to cultivate critical, creative, and caring thinking. Despite empirical research since the 1970s, there is no unified theoretical model that explains the causal structures behind the program's effectiveness. To address this gap, our study seeks to answer two key questions: (i) What variables are identified in empirical research into the effectiveness of Philosophy for Children? (ii) Which…
Aristotle on Perfect and Imperfect Sense Activities
Aristotle seems to think that a sense such as sight or taste can work imperfectly in certain conditions, for example, when it is dark, or the perceiver is ill. This article addresses the question of how he can account for imperfect sense activities as well as for perfect sense activities. The answer proposed is that Aristotle’s account is based on a certain understanding of the sense as a capacity: he defines the sense as a capacity for exercisin…
Adapting philosophy for Children for Finnish upper secondary schools
Classical Philosophy and Thought (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Ancient philosophy (2 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Education and Critical Thinking Development (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works) · History (2 works)