Lars-Göran Johansson
Professor emeritus at Department of Philosophy; Theoretical Philosophy; Emeriti and Otherwise Active
- E-mail:
- Lars-Goran.Johansson@filosofi.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken, Thunbergsvägen 3 H
- Postal address:
- Box 627
751 26 UPPSALA
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Publications
Selection of publications
Introduktion till vetenskapsteorin
Thales, 2018
String theory and general methodology: A mutual evaluation
Part of Studies in history and philosophy of modern physics, p. 199-210, 2011
Part of Filosofisk tidskrift, p. 50-55, 2011
Kant versus Quine: Transcendentalism or Naturalism?
Part of Neither/Nor, p. 115-128, Filosofiska institutionen, Uppsala universitet, 2011
Part of Filosofisk Tidskrift, p. 46-49, 2010
Part of Filosofisk Tidskrift, p. 49-55, 2010
Part of Filosofisk Tidskrift, p. 42-54, 2009
Part of Logic, Ethics and All That Jazz, p. 161-175, Department of Philosophy, Uppsala University, 2009
Part of En ny sits-humaiora i förvandling, p. 113-122, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2008
CRAIG BOURNE: A Future for Presentism
Part of Theoria: A Swedish Journal of philosophy, 2008
Causation: A synthesis of three approaches
Part of Computation, information, cognition, p. 75-86, Cambridge Scolars Press, 2007
Part of Theoria, p. 73-81, 2007
Causation in Collisions: An Empiricist but Non-Humean Account
Part of Theoria, p. 317-333, 2007
Naturalism, Induction and Laws
Part of Science-A Challenge to Philosophy, p. 339, Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2006
Part of Modality Matters, Filosofiska institutionen, Uppsala universitet, 2006
Part of Nature's Principles, p. 292, Springer, Berlin, 2005
Part of Dialoger mellan kön och genus, p. 11-22, Centrum för genusvetenskap, Uppsala universitet, 2005
Part of Theoria, p. 98-105, 2004
Part of A Philosophical Smorgasbord, p. 10, Department of Philosophy, Uppsala University, 2003
Part of Unga Filosofer, p. 214, Natur och Kultur, 2002
Part of Filosofisk Tidskrift, 2001
Kan man härleda orsakssamband ur korrelationer?
Part of Not Without Cause, p. 283, Filosofiska Institutionen, 1998
Realism and wave-particle duality
Part of Realism and Anti-Realism in the Philosophy of Science, Reidel, 1996
Van Fraassen’s Constructive Empiricism - a Critique
Part of Realism and Anti-Realism in the Philosophy of Science, Reidel, 1996
Understanding Quantum Mechanics: A realist interpretation without hidden variables
Almqvist&Wiksell International, 1992
Recent publications
Part of Theoria, p. 122-126, 2025
- DOI for Jan Faye: The Biological and Social Dimensions of Knowledge. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature. 2023
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A Primer to Causal Reasoning About a Complex World
Springer Nature, 2024
Navigating causal reasoning in sustainability science
Part of Ambio, p. 1618-1631, 2024
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Part of Filosofisk Tidskrift, p. 3-21, 2024
Eliciting the plurality of causal reasoning in social-ecological systems research
Part of Ecology and Society, 2024
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All publications
Articles in journal
Navigating causal reasoning in sustainability science
Part of Ambio, p. 1618-1631, 2024
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Part of Filosofisk Tidskrift, p. 3-21, 2024
Eliciting the plurality of causal reasoning in social-ecological systems research
Part of Ecology and Society, 2024
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Dynamical systems modeling for structural understanding of social-ecological systems: A primer
Part of Ecological Complexity, 2023
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Visualization of causation in social-ecological systems
Part of Ecology and Society, 2022
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Part of Environmental Modelling & Software, 2022
- DOI for Model-derived causal explanations are inherently constrained by hidden assumptions and context: The example of Baltic cod dynamics
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Part of Filosofisk Tidskrift, p. 46-53, 2022
Induction, Experimentation and Causation in the Social Sciences
Part of Philosophies, 2021
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Aristoteles, Galilei och Newton om orsaker, rörelser och förändring
Part of Filosofisk Tidskrift, p. 49-56, 2020
An Empiricist View on Laws, Quantities and Physical Necessity
Part of Theoria, p. 69-101, 2019
Induction and Epistemological Naturalism
Part of Philosophies, 2018
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Spacetime in String Theory: A conceptual clarification
Part of Journal for General Philosophy of Science, Zeitschrift für allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie, p. 334-353, 2018
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The Ontology of Electromagnetism
Part of Studia Philosophica Estonica, p. 25-44, 2017
Part of Filosofisk Tidskrift, p. 45-55, 2016
Naturalism, transcendentalism eller fenomenologi?
Part of Filosofisk Tidskrift, 2013
String theory and general methodology: A mutual evaluation
Part of Studies in history and philosophy of modern physics, p. 199-210, 2011
Part of Filosofisk tidskrift, p. 50-55, 2011
Part of Filosofisk Tidskrift, p. 42-54, 2009
Causation in Collisions: An Empiricist but Non-Humean Account
Part of Theoria, p. 317-333, 2007
Part of Filosofisk Tidskrift, 2001
Books
A Primer to Causal Reasoning About a Complex World
Springer Nature, 2024
Empiricism and Philosophy of Science
Springer Nature, 2021
Att förstå kvantmekaniken: En hjälp till fysikstudenter
Bokförlaget Thales, 2021
Introduktion till vetenskapsteorin
Thales, 2018
Philosophy of Science for Scientists
Springer, 2016
Kunskapsteori: En introduktion till vetande, berättigande och sanning
Studentlitteratur AB, 2014
Understanding Quantum Mechanics: A realist interpretation without hidden variables
Almqvist&Wiksell International, 1992
Chapters in book
Kant versus Quine: Transcendentalism or Naturalism?
Part of Neither/Nor, p. 115-128, Filosofiska institutionen, Uppsala universitet, 2011
Part of Logic, Ethics and All That Jazz, p. 161-175, Department of Philosophy, Uppsala University, 2009
Part of En ny sits-humaiora i förvandling, p. 113-122, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2008
Causation: A synthesis of three approaches
Part of Computation, information, cognition, p. 75-86, Cambridge Scolars Press, 2007
Naturalism, Induction and Laws
Part of Science-A Challenge to Philosophy, p. 339, Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2006
Part of Modality Matters, Filosofiska institutionen, Uppsala universitet, 2006
Part of Nature's Principles, p. 292, Springer, Berlin, 2005
Part of Dialoger mellan kön och genus, p. 11-22, Centrum för genusvetenskap, Uppsala universitet, 2005
Part of A Philosophical Smorgasbord, p. 10, Department of Philosophy, Uppsala University, 2003
Part of Unga Filosofer, p. 214, Natur och Kultur, 2002
Kan man härleda orsakssamband ur korrelationer?
Part of Not Without Cause, p. 283, Filosofiska Institutionen, 1998
Realism and wave-particle duality
Part of Realism and Anti-Realism in the Philosophy of Science, Reidel, 1996
Van Fraassen’s Constructive Empiricism - a Critique
Part of Realism and Anti-Realism in the Philosophy of Science, Reidel, 1996
Collections (editor)
Logic, Ethics and All That Jazz: Essays in Honour of Jordan Howard Sobel
Department of Philosophy, Uppsala University, 2009
Other
Part of Theoria, p. 122-126, 2025
- DOI for Jan Faye: The Biological and Social Dimensions of Knowledge. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature. 2023
- Download full text (pdf) of Jan Faye: The Biological and Social Dimensions of Knowledge. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature. 2023
Gerhard Schurz. Philosophy of Science. A Unified Approach
Part of Theoria, p. 368-376, 2014
Part of Filosofisk Tidskrift, p. 46-49, 2010
Part of Filosofisk Tidskrift, p. 49-55, 2010
CRAIG BOURNE: A Future for Presentism
Part of Theoria: A Swedish Journal of philosophy, 2008
Part of Theoria, p. 73-81, 2007
Part of Theoria, p. 98-105, 2004