Publications
BY DATE
2024
Economic models and their flexible interpretations: a philosophy of science perspective. Forthcoming in the Journal of Economic Methodology. With J. Kuorikoski.
Reactivity in the human sciences. Forthcoming in European Journal for Philosophy of Science. With Julie Zahle and Marion Godman.
2023
The relevance of mechanisms and mechanistic knowledge for behavioral interventions: the case of household energy consumption. Forthcoming in Economics and Philosophy. With T. Grune-Yanoff and T. Nuotio.
Challenging the mechanistic view of integration in psychiatry. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
Evidential variety and mixed methods research in social science. Philosophy of Science. With J. Kuorikoski.
Mixed method research and variety of evidence in political science. Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Political Science, edited by Harold Kincaid and Jeroen van Bouwel. With J. Kuorikoski.
2022
What should scientists do about (harmful) interactive effects? European Journal for Philosophy of Science. With M. Godman.
The multiple theories problem: the case of spatial industrial clustering. Environment and Planning A. With P. Oinas.
Social Aspects of Economic Modelling: Disciplinary Norms and Performativity. In B. Caldwell, J. Davis, U. Mäki, E-M. Sent (Eds) Methodology and History of Economics: Reflections with and without Rules. Essays in honour of D. Wade Hands. Routledge INEM Series.
EPSA21 Topical Collection. European Journal of Philosophy of Science. With A. Love, M. Redei and J. Williamson.
Reactivity in the Human Sciences Topical Collection. European Journal of Philosophy of Science. With M. Godman and J. Zahle
INEM2019 Special Issue. Journal of Economic Methodology. With M. Malecka and L. Mireles Flores)
2020
"Neuroeconomics as a case of mechanistic integration." In Social Neuroeconomics: Mechanistic integration of the Neurosciences and the Social Sciences, edited by Jens Harbecke and Carsten Herrmann-Pillath. Routledge: 13-30. With J. Vromen.
2019
"Neuroeconomics". Routledge series Critical Concepts in Social Science, volume edited together with J. Vromen.
"What is mechanistic evidence, and why do we need it for evidence-based policy?" Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 73: 54-63 . With S. Reijula.
2018
"Modeling model selection in model pluralism." Special issue on Dani Rodrik's Economics Rules, Journal of Economic Methodology 25(3): 265-275 . With T. Grüne-Yanoff.
"Toward a framework for selecting behavioural policies: how to choose between boosts and nudges." Economics and Philosophy, with T. Grüne-Yanoff and M. Feufel.
2017
"What is the problem with model-based explanation in economics?" Disputatio 9 (47).
"Mechanisms in economics." In S. Glennan and P. Illari (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy, 423-434. A pre-print version is available here.
"Hypothetical models in social science: their features and uses." In L. Magnani and T. Bertolotti (eds.) Springer Handbook of Model-Based Science. With A. Basso and C. Lisciandra. (pp. 413-433).
2016
Triangulation across the lab, the scanner and the field: the case of social preferences. European Journal for Philosophy of Science 6(3): 361-376. With J. Kuorikoski
Evidential diversity and the triangulation of phenomena. Philosophy of Science 83(2): 227-247. With J. Kuorikoski
2015
I modelli in economia [Models in economics] Encyclopedia entry, Aphex, Portale Italiano di Filosofia Analitica, Volume 11. With A. Basso.
Models and Simulations in Science. Special Issue, Perspectives on Science 23:4. With J. Kuorikoski
2014
Editorial & interview with Mariam Thalos. The Reasoner 8 (12)
Unification and mechanistic detail as drivers of model construction: models of networks in economics and sociology. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 48 : 97-104. With J. Kuorikoski
Methodological perspectives on recent theories of bounded rationality Special Issue, Journal of Economic Methodology 21 (4). With T. Grune-Yanoff and I. Moscati
Introduction: Methodologies of Bounded Rationality Journal of Economic Methodology 21 (4): 325-342. With T. Grune-Yanoff and I. Moscati
Philosophy of Economics. In S. French and J. Saatsi (eds.) The Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Science, Bloomsbury Academic, London: 314-333. With J. Kuorikoski
Papers from the IX INEM Conference in Helsinki. Special Issue, Journal of Economic Methodology 21 (1). With A. Lehtinen and U. Mäki
2013
Generative explanation and individualism in agent-based simulation. Philosophy of the Social Sciences 43 (3): 323-340. With P. Ylikoski
Playing with networks: How economists explain. European Journal for Philosophy of Science 3 (3): 331-352
Model-based explanation in the social sciences: modelling kinship terminologies and romantic networks. Perspectives on Science 21 (2): 175-180
A journey through 200 years of models. Science 339: 908 -- Review of Mary Morgan's The World in the Model
2012
Robustness analysis disclaimer: please read the manual before use! Biology and Philosophy 27: 891-902. With J. Kuorikoski and A. Lehtinen
Economics as usual. Geographical economics shaped by disciplinary constraints. In J. Davis and W. Hands (eds) The Elgar Companion to Recent Economic Methodology: 188-206. With U. Mäki
Geographical economics & its neighbors – forces towards and against unification. Elsevier Handbook of the Philosophy of Science, vol. 13: Philosophy of Economics
Neuroeconomics: Hype or Hope? Routledge 2012. With J. Vromen. (Reproduction of the Journal of Economic Methodology special issue, vol. 17(2))
Editorial & interview with TINT members. The Reasoner 6(4)
2011
Is geographical economics imperializing economic geography? Journal of Economic Geography 11: 645-665. Joint with U. Mäki
2010
Economic Modelling as Robustness Analysis. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 61(3): 541-567. With J. Kuorikoski and A. Lehtinen
Neuroeconomics: hype or hope? Special issue, Journal of Economic Methodology 17(2). With J. Vromen
How to make progress in theories of spatial clustering: A case study of Malmberg and Maskell's emerging theory. Environment and Planning A 42 (10): 805-820. With P. Oinas
Review: H. Kincaid and D. Ross (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics. Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics 3 (2), 95-102
2009
Scientific unification in economics. The case of the New Economic Geography. Humana.Mente 10: 11-24
On the structure of explanatory unification: the case of geographical economics. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 40: 2, 185-195. With U. Mäki
The ultimate/proximate distinction in recent accounts of human cooperation. Tijdschrift voor Filosofie 71: 1, 87-117. With J. Vromen
Review: T. Boylan and P. O'Gorman (eds.) Popper and Economic Methodology. Economics and Philosophy 25 (2): 223-229
2008
Explanatory pluralism and complementarity: From autonomy to integration. Philosophy of the Social Sciences 38:3, 314-333
2006
Contrastive explanation and unrealistic models: The case of the new economic geography. Journal of Economic Methodology 13:4, 425-446
2004
Geographical economics versus economic geography: towards a clarification of the dispute. Environment and Planning A 36:10, 1737-1753
Essay symposium: Scientific realism, geography and economics. Environment and Planning A 36:10, 1717-1718. With U. Mäki, P. Oinas and A. Sayer
BY TOPIC (selected)
Reactivity in the human sciences
What should scientists do about (harmful) interactive effects? European Journal for Philosophy of Science. With M. Godman.
Reactivity in the Human Sciences Topical Collection. European Journal of Philosophy of Science. With M. Godman and J. Zahle.
Social Aspects of Economic Modelling: Disciplinary Norms and Performativity. Forthcoming in B. Caldwell, J. Davis, U. Mäki, E-M. Sent (Eds) Methodology and History of Economics: Reflections with and without Rules. Essays in honour of D. Wade Hands. Routledge INEM Series.
Methodological triangulation
Evidential variety and mixed methods research in social science. Forthcoming in Philosophy of Science. With J. Kuorikoski.
Evidential diversity and the triangulation of phenomena. Philosophy of Science 83(2): 227-247. With J. Kuorikoski
Philosophy of behavioural policy
"What is mechanistic evidence, and why do we need it for evidence-based policy?" Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 73: 54-63 . With S. Reijula.
"Toward a framework for selecting behavioural policies: how to choose between boosts and nudges." Economics and Philosophy, with T. Grüne-Yanoff and M. Feufel.
Mechanisms, mechanistic integration and mechanistic evidence
Neuroeconomics as a case of mechanistic integration. Forthcoming in Social Neuroeconomics: Mechanistic integration of the Neurosciences and the Social Sciences, edited by Jens Harbecke and Carsten Herrmann-Pillath. Routledge. With J. Vromen
"What is mechanistic evidence, and why do we need it for evidence-based policy?" Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 73: 54-63 . With S. Reijula.
"Mechanisms in economics." In S. Glennan and P. Illari (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy, 423-434. A pre-print version is available here.
Unification and mechanistic detail as drivers of model construction: models of networks in economics and sociology. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 48 : 97-104. With J. Kuorikoski
Models and simulations
Social Aspects of Economic Modelling: Disciplinary Norms and Performativity. Forthcoming in B. Caldwell, J. Davis, U. Mäki, E-M. Sent (Eds) Methodology and History of Economics: Reflections with and without Rules. Essays in honour of D. Wade Hands. Routledge INEM Series.
"Modeling model selection in model pluralism." (2018) Journal of Economic Methodology 25(3): 265-275 . With T. Grüne-Yanoff.
"What is the problem with model-based explanation in economics?" (2017) Disputatio 9 (47).
Unification and mechanistic detail as drivers of model construction: models of networks in economics and sociology. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 48 : 97-104. With J. Kuorikoski
Generative explanation and individualism in agent-based simulation. Philosophy of the Social Sciences 43 (3): 323-340. With P. Ylikoski
Playing with networks: How economists explain. European Journal for Philosophy of Science 3 (3): 331-352
Model-based explanation in the social sciences: modelling kinship terminologies and romantic networks. Perspectives on Science 21 (2): 175-180
Robustness analysis disclaimer: please read the manual before use! Biology and Philosophy 27: 891-902. With J. Kuorikoski and A. Lehtinen
Economic Modelling as Robustness Analysis. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 61(3): 541-567. With J. Kuorikoski and A. Lehtinen
Contrastive explanation and unrealistic models: The case of the new economic geography. Journal of Economic Methodology 13:4, 425-446
Philosophy of neuroeconomics
Neuroeconomics as a case of mechanistic integration. Forthcoming in Social Neuroeconomics: Mechanistic integration of the Neurosciences and the Social Sciences, edited by Jens Harbecke and Carsten Herrmann-Pillath. Routledge. With J. Vromen
Neuroeconomics. Routledge series Critical Concepts in Social Science, volime edited together with J. Vromen.
Triangulation across the lab, the scanner and the field: the case of social preferences. European Journal for Philosophy of Science 6(3): 361-376. With J. Kuorikoski.
Unification, integration, and scientific imperialism
Economics as usual. Geographical economics shaped by disciplinary constraints. In J. Davis and W. Hands (eds) The Elgar Companion to Recent Economic Methodology: 188-206. With U. Mäki.
Geographical economics & its neighbors – forces towards and against unification. Elsevier Handbook of the Philosophy of Science, vol. 13: Philosophy of Economics.
Is geographical economics imperializing economic geography? Journal of Economic Geography 11: 645-665. With U. Mäki
Scientific unification in economics. The case of the New Economic Geography. Humana.Mente 10: 11-24
On the structure of explanatory unification: the case of geographical economics. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 40: 2, 185-195. With U. Mäki.
Philosophy of geography and economics
The multiple theories problem: the case of spatial industrial clustering. Forthcoming in Environment and Planning A. With P. Oinas.
Economics as usual. Geographical economics shaped by disciplinary constraints. In J. Davis and W. Hands (eds) The Elgar Companion to Recent Economic Methodology: 188-206. With U. Mäki
Geographical economics & its neighbors – forces towards and against unification. Elsevier Handbook of the Philosophy of Science, vol. 13: Philosophy of Economics.
Is geographical economics imperializing economic geography? Journal of Economic Geography 11: 645-665. Joint with U. Mäki.
How to make progress in theories of spatial clustering: A case study of Malmberg and Maskell's emerging theory. Environment and Planning A 42 (10): 805-820. With P. Oinas.
Geographical economics versus economic geography: towards a clarification of the dispute. Environment and Planning A 36:10, 1737-1753.