Category: English articles
(English) The Systems Metaphor in Therapy Discourse: Introducing Systems Intelligence
Co-authored with Esa Saarinen. Published 2013 in Psychoanalytic Dialogues, vol. 23, iss. 1, 80-101. Available from here.
Co-authored with Esa Saarinen. Published 2013 in Psychoanalytic Dialogues, vol. 23, iss. 1, 80-101. Available from here.
(English) Caring Connections – Compassionate mutuality in the organizational life of a nursing home
A doctoral dissertation completed for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy. Applied Philosophy and Organizational Research, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Aalto University. Electronic version available here.A doctoral dissertation completed for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy. Applied Philosophy and Organizational Research, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Aalto University. Electronic version available here.
Truth as intersubjective epistemological commitment – a pragmatic account of truth
Manuscript presented at the Helsinki Metaphysical Club, 27th of September, 2010.
Meaningful work – An integrative model based on the human need for meaningfulness
Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Montreal, 10th of August, 2010.
Manuscript presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Montreal, 10th of August, 2010.
The purposes of organizational research – Towards a pragmatic answer
Manuscript presented at the annual conference of European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS), in Lissabon, 3rd of July, 2010.
Pragmatism as an attitude
Manuscript presented at the Helsinki Metaphysical Club, 9th of September, 2009.
Intersubjective Systems Theory as a theory of human nature in therapeutic context
Article written for the seminar on human nature in Helsinki University in 2009.
The nature of social systems in systems intelligence: Insights from intersubjective systems theory
Article written together with Esa Saarinen and published in the book ’Systems Intelligence – A New Lens on Human Engagement and Action’ Edited by R. P. Hämäläinen & E. Saarinen. Helsinki University of Technology, Systems Analysis Laboratory, Espoo, 2008, pp. 189-210.
From ontological naturalism to MacIntyrean pluralism
Essay for the course ’Rationality, Ethics and the History of Philosophy: Seminar on Alasdair MacIntyre’ in 2008.
Expressivism, Yes! Relativism in engaged contexts, No! Relativism in detached contexts, Yes! – A Reply to Horgan and Timmons
Essay written for the course ’Metaethical Expressivism’ in 2008.
Frank Martela 