Publications

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PUBLICATIONS:

Virmajoki, V., & Laakkonen, M.-P. (2024). Time and futures: Analysis of time-needs in futures research. Futures & Foresight Science.

Virmajoki, V., & Laakkonen, M.-P. (2024). Don’t push the wrong button: The concept of microperspective in futures research. Futures & Foresight Science.

Virmajoki, V. (2024). On the function and nature of historical counterfactuals: Clarifying confusions. Journal of the Philosophy of History.

Virmajoki, V. (2023). Causal explanation in historiography. Springer.

Myllyntausta, M., Mäkilä, A., Skurnik, J., & Virmajoki, V. (Eds.). (2023). Tiedonhistoria (“History of Knowledge”). Vastapaino.

Virmajoki, V. (Ed.). (2023). Futura 4/23 journal. Special issue on futures consciousness and philosophy of futures research.

Virmajoki, V. (2023). A deceiving resemblance: Realism debates in philosophy of science and philosophy of historiography. In Mitrovic & Forland (Eds.), The Poverty of Anti-realism. Lexington Books.

Virmajoki, V. (2023). Epilogi. Unelma yhtenäisyydestä. In Myllyntausta, Mäkilä, Skurnik, & Virmajoki (Eds.), Tiedonhistoria (“History of Knowledge”). Vastapaino.

Virmajoki, V. (2023). Frameworks in historiography: Explanation, scenarios, and futures. Journal of the Philosophy of History.

Virmajoki, V. (2023). Pursuitworthiness in the scheme of futures. European Journal for Philosophy of Science.

Virmajoki, V. (2022). Limits of conceivability in the study of the future: Lessons from philosophy of science. Futures. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328722000933

Virmajoki, V. (2022). In defense of causal presentism. HOPOS. Forthcoming.

Virmajoki, V. (2022). Understanding futures of science: Connecting causal layered analysis and the philosophy of science. Journal of Futures Studies. Forthcoming. http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/19444/

Virmajoki, V. (2022). What should we require from an account of explanation in historiography? Journal of the Philosophy of History.

Virmajoki, V. (2021). Local explanation in historiography of science. European Journal for Philosophy of Science.

Virmajoki, V. (2018). Could science be interestingly different? Journal of the Philosophy of History.

Virmajoki, V. (2015). Miten tieteenhistorian pitäisi valita tutkimuskohteensa? Ajatus.

[“How Should the Historiography of Science Choose Its Targets of Study?”]

 

DISSERTATION

Cementing Science. Understanding Science through Its Development

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