Pauli Pylkkö is a
Finnish philosopher
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. He was a student of
Jaakko Hintikka
Kaarlo Jaakko Juhani Hintikka (; ; 12 January 1929 – 12 August 2015) was a Finnish philosopher and logician. Hintikka is regarded as the founder of formal epistemic logic and of game semantics for logic.
Life and career
Hintikka was born in ...
, and later a professor and a researcher in both the United States and Finland. Pylkkö has addressed such topics as
logic
Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the study of deductively valid inferences or logical truths. It examines how conclusions follow from premises based on the structure o ...
,
semiotics
Semiotics ( ) is the systematic study of sign processes and the communication of meaning. In semiotics, a sign is defined as anything that communicates intentional and unintentional meaning or feelings to the sign's interpreter.
Semiosis is a ...
,
philosophy of language
Philosophy of language refers to the philosophical study of the nature of language. It investigates the relationship between language, language users, and the world. Investigations may include inquiry into the nature of Meaning (philosophy), me ...
, and
cognitive science
Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary, scientific study of the mind and its processes. It examines the nature, the tasks, and the functions of cognition (in a broad sense). Mental faculties of concern to cognitive scientists include percep ...
. Pylkkö has published several works focused specifically on the philosophy of
Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger (; 26 September 1889 – 26 May 1976) was a German philosopher known for contributions to Phenomenology (philosophy), phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. His work covers a range of topics including metaphysics, art ...
, and his works have examined the often problematic relationships between language and subjectivity, nationalism, the limits of scientific rationality, and the semiotic and linguistic mechanics of fascism. His work has also aroused interest in theological research.
Selected publications
* "Tonal harmony as a formal system", Teoksessa: ''Essays on the philosophy of music''. Toim. Rantala, Rowell, Tarasti.
Acta Philosophica Fennica
''Acta Philosophica Fennica'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Philosophical Society of Finland.
The journal was established in 1935. From 1968 to 1981 it was distributed by North-Holland Publishing (Amsterdam, now Elsevier), ...
, v. 43. 1985
* ''Kognitiotieteen filosofinen kritiikki''. Helsingin yliopiston teoreettisen filosofian laitos. 1995.
* ''Nazism as preconceptual experience'', toim. Kirchberg a. Wechsel : The Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, 1996.
* "On surprise". ''Semiotica'', vol 112. de Gruyter: 1996
* ''The Aconceptual Mind: Heideggerian themes in holistic naturalism'', John Benjamins, 1998
* ''Richard Wagner ajattelijana - antimodernisti, luonnonmystikko, gnostikko'', 2005
* ”Wolfgang Pauli and Martin Heidegger on the Limits of Scientific Rationality”. Teoksessa Ketvel, Urho et al. (toim.) (1996), ''Vastakohtien todellisuus: Juhlakirja professori K. V. Laurikaisen 80-vuotispäivänä''. Yliopistopaino, Helsinki.
* ”Onko nykyinen tiede välttämättä onto-teo-loogista Heideggerin tarkoittamassa mielessä?” ''
Ajatus'' 51, 187–211.
*
Suomen kieli on vetäytymässä ja jättämässä meidät rauhaan toisiltamme. ''
Niin & näin'' 1/1998, s. 44–49.
* ”Schelling ja panteismikiista”. Teoksessa: ''Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling'', 2004
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Filosofisia tutkimuksia ihmisen vapauden olemuksesta ja muista aiheeseen liittyvistä kysymyksistä. Käännös ja selitykset Saul Boman. Kiel: Uuni Verlag, 141–230.
* "Lemuurien yö - Ernst Jünger ja kansallissosialismi" Teoksessa: ''Ernst Jünger'', 2006 Marmorijyrkänteillä Kustavi: Uuni Ay 155–198.
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Merkillisyys ja herrastelu – käännös fennomanian umpikujassa. ''Niin & näin'' 1/2006, 7–15.
* ''Luopumisen dialektiikka''. Taivassalo : Uuni, cop. 2009.
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Mikä vasemmistoa todella vaivaa - Tommi Uschanovin pamfletin Mikä vasemmistoa vaivaa? tarkastelua. 2010
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Onko viisas toiminta aina hyveellistä? - Arto Tukiaisen kirjaluonnoksen ''Kirjanen filosofisesta elämäntavasta'' (www.artotukiainen.net) tarkastelua. 2010
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''Fyysikkoviikari filosofian ihmemaassa eli olisiko tiedeuskovaisuutta hoidettava lääkkeillä ja kirurgialla?'' 2012
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Hegel’s logic and Frege’s Star paradox. Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, Vol 15, No 1 (2019)
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Ambiguity and contradiction ‒ the outlines of Jung’s dialectics, The Journal of Analytical Psychology, Volume 64, Issue 5 (2019)
* "Measurements as Sentences: Outlines of a Dialectic-Idealist Interpretation of Quantum Theory"
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Jung’s Psychoid Monism" ''J Anal Psychol'', 68: 515–533, (2023).
Premodern handcraft skills foster a language which opens an experiential pathway to local nature ''Acta Borealia'', ''41''(1), 60–64 (2024).
References
21st-century Finnish philosophers
Continental philosophers
Heidegger scholars
Philosophers of language
Logicians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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