I am a philosopher of science, logic, language and human thought. My research interests span from scientific method to human mind and their histories. Philosophy and reason help us discover new and unforeseen aspects of how we reason, how the world works, and what makes everything the way it is. These methods themselves have to be discovered and developed. That is where the stuff we call logic comes in.
C. S. Peirce once wrote that “The world hates sound reasoning as a child hates medicine”. There is still much work to be done to have the world reason in a good way. This task is shared by science, philosophy, and liberal arts education at all levels.
At Nazarbayev University, I teach courses on Logic, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science, and Critical Reasoning. I have also taught courses on Integrated History and Philosophy of Science & Technology; Pragmatism and American Philosophy; Philosophy of Mind & Cognitive Science; Game Theory; Theory of Signs and Futures Studies. I am available for consultation, supervision and general education lectures on these topics.
Two Dogmas of Diagrammatic Reasoning: A View from Existential GraphsPietarinen, A., Bellucci, F.,
2017 Peirce on Perception and Reasoning: From Icons to Logic. Routledge, p. 174--195
Simplex sigillum veri: Peano, Frege, and Peirce on the Primitives of LogicPietarinen, A., Bellucci, F., Moktefi, A.,
2017 In : History and Philosophy of Logic.
Semiotic Completeness in the Theory of SignsPietarinen, A.,
2017 In : Semiotica.
Proof Analysis of Peirce's Alpha System of GraphsPietarinen, A., Ma, M.,
2017 In : Studia Logica. 105, 3, p. 625--647
Peirce's Sequent Proofs of DistributivityPietarinen, A., Ma, M.,
2017 In : Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 10119, p. 168--182
Let us investigate! Dynamic Conjecture-Making as the Formal Logic of AbductionPietarinen, A., Ma, M.,
2017 In : Journal of Philosophical Logic.
Is Ethical Normativity Similar to Logical Normativity?Pietarinen, A., Gustafsson, J.,
2017 Habit: Before and Beyond Consciousness. Springer-Verlag, 31, p. 123--142
Habits of Reasoning. On the Grammar and Critics of Logical HabitsPietarinen, A., Bellucci, F.,
2017 Habit: Before and Beyond Consciousness. 31, p. 265--282
Graphical Sequent Calculi for Modal LogicsPietarinen, A., Ma, M.,
2017 In : Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science. 243, 7, p. 91--103
Gamma Graph Calculi for Modal LogicsPietarinen, A., Ma, M.,
2017 In : Synthese.
Fundamental Uncertainty and ValuesPietarinen, A., Chiffi, D.,
2017 In : Philosophia. 45, 3, p. 1027--1037
From Mitchell to Carus: 14 Years of Logical Graphs in the MakingPietarinen, A.,
2017 In : Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. 52, 4, p. 539--575
Clinical Equipoise and Moral Leeway: An Epistemological StancePietarinen, A., Chiffi, D.,
2017 In : Topoi.
Assertive GraphsPietarinen, A., Chiffi, D., Bellucci, F.,
2017 In : Journal of Applied Non-Classical Logics.
Assertion and Denial: A Contribution from Logical NotationsPietarinen, A., Bellucci, F.,
2017 In : Journal of Applied Logic.
What Your Computer Still Cannot Know: A Refutation of Bringsjord's Refutation of Searle's Refutation of Bostrom and FloridiPietarinen, A.,
2016 What Social Robots Can and Should Do. IOS Press, p. 280--292
The Iconic Moment: Towards a Theory of Diagrammatic ImaginationPietarinen, A., Bellucci, F.,
2016 Epistemology, Knowledge and the Impact of Interaction. Springer-Verlag, p. 463--481
`On the Possibilities of Philosophical Research': Remembering Jaakko Hintikka (1929--2015)Pietarinen, A.,
2016 In : Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum. 4, 1, p. 132--155
Negative Terms in Euler Diagrams: Peirce's SolutionPietarinen, A., Moktefi, A.,
2016 In : Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). 9781, p. 286--288
Is there a General Diagram Concept?Pietarinen, A.,
2016 Thinking in Diagrams: The Semiotic Basis of Human Cognition. De Gruyter Mouton, p. 121--138
Extensions of Euler Diagrams in Peirce's Four Manuscripts on Logical GraphsPietarinen, A.,
2016 In : Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). 9781, p. 139--154
Existential Graphs as an Instrument for Logical Analysis. Part 1: AlphaPietarinen, A., Bellucci, F.,
2016 In : Review of Symbolic Logic. p. 209--237
Charles Sanders Peirce: LogicPietarinen, A., Bellucci, F.,
2016 In : Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Answers to Philosophy of Logic: 5 QuestionsPietarinen, A.,
2016 Philosophy of Logic: 5 Questions. Automatic Press, p. 139--152
A Dynamic Approach to an Interrogative Construal of Abductive LogicPietarinen, A., Ma, M.,
2016 In : IfCoLog Journal of Logics and their Applications. 3, 1, p. 73--104
Two Papers on Existential Graphs by Charles S. PeircePietarinen, A.,
2015 In : Synthese. 192, p. 881--922
The Science to Save Us from Philosophy of SciencePietarinen, A.,
2015 In : Axiomathes. 25, p. 149--166
Signs Systematically Studied: Invitation to Peirce's TheoryPietarinen, A.,
2015 In : Sign Systems Studies. 43, 4, p. 372--398
Recent Studies on Signs: Commentary and PerspectivesPietarinen, A.,
2015 In : Sign Systems Studies. 43, 4, p. 616--650
Peirce and Diagrams: Peirce and Husserl in Professor Stjernfelt's DiagrammatologyPietarinen, A.,
2015 In : Synthese. 192, p. 1073--1088
Paul Grice's Manuscript on `Peirce's General Theory of Signs'Pietarinen, A., Bellucci, F.,
2015 In : International Review of Pragmatics. 7, p. 128--175
On the Diagrammatic Representation of Existential Statements with Venn DiagramsPietarinen, A., Moktefi, A.,
2015 In : Journal of Logic, Language and Information. 24, 4, p. 361--374
Exploring the Beta QuadrantPietarinen, A.,
2015 In : Synthese. 192, p. 941--970
New Light on Peirce's Conceptions of Retroduction, Deduction and Scientific ReasoningPietarinen, A., Bellucci, F.,
2014 In : International Studies in the Philosophy of Science. 28, 4, p. 353--373
Misrepresentation in ``Misrepresentation in Context'' in ContextPietarinen, A.,
2014 In : Foundations of Science. 19, 4, p. 381–386
Logical and Linguistic Games from Peirce to Grice to HintikkaPietarinen, A.,
2014 In : Teorema. 33, 2, p. 121--136
Guessing at the Unknown UnknownsPietarinen, A.,
2014 Contemporary Philosophy in the Age of Globalization. Institute for Advanced Study on Asia, p. 87--100
Diagrams or RubbishPietarinen, A.,
2014 Peirce in His Own Words. De Gruyter Mouton, p. 115-120
Diagrammatic Autarchy: Linear Diagrams in the 17th and 18th CenturyPietarinen, A., Bellucci, F., Moktefi, A.,
2014 In : CEUR Workshop Proceedings. 1132, p. 31--35
Continuity, Connectivity and Regularity in Spatial Diagrams for N TermsPietarinen, A., Bellucci, F., Moktefi, A.,
2014 In : CEUR Workshop Proceedings. 1132, p. 23--30
A Scholastic-Realist Modal-StructuralismPietarinen, A.,
2014 In : Philosophia Scientiae. 18, 3, p. 127--138
A Road to the Philosophy of Iconic CommunicationPietarinen, A.,
2014 Visual Learning 4: Emotion, Expression, Explanation. Peter Lang Publishing Group,
Answers to Peirce: 5 QuestionsPietarinen, A.,
2014 Peirce: 5 Questions. Automatic Press, p. 207--223
