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