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Veli Pekka Kalevi Parkkinen

Researcher
Department of Philosophy
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I am a philosopher of science working on causality and explanation. I am currently a researcher in the CNA project.

Please see my personal website for more information.

Academic article
  • Show author(s) (2022). Variable relativity of causation is good. Synthese. 21 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Robustness and Model Selection in Configurational Causal Modeling. Sociological Methods & Research.
  • Show author(s) (2018). The use of mechanistic evidence in drug approval. Journal of Evaluation In Clinical Practice.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Scientific disagreement and evidential pluralism: Lessons from the studies on hypercholesterolemia. Humana.Mente.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Are animal models theoretical models? . Disputatio.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Extrapolation and the Russo-Williamson thesis. Synthese.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Are model organisms theoretical models? Disputatio. 471-498.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Robustness and evidence of mechanisms in early experimental atherosclerosis research. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Experiment, downward causation and interventionist levels of explanation. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Causation in evidence-based medicine: In reply to Kerry et-al. Journal of Evaluation In Clinical Practice. 532-534.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Causal knowledge in evidence-based medicine. in reply to Kerry et al.'s causation and evidence-based practice: An ontological review. Journal of Evaluation In Clinical Practice. 981-984.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Synthetic Biology and Genetic Causation. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 208-216.
Academic lecture
  • Show author(s) (2013). Developmental explanation.
  • Show author(s) (2011). "Gene knockouts, genetic causation and mechanism explanation".
  • Show author(s) (2011). "Gene knockouts, causal and mechanistic understanding".
  • Show author(s) (2011). "Gene knockouts, causal and mechanistic understanding".
Academic monograph
  • Show author(s) (2018). Evaluating evidence of mechanisms in medicine Principles and procedures.
Software
  • Show author(s) (2021). frscore: Functions for Calculating Fit-Robustness of CNA-Solutions.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Show author(s) (2020). Extrapolating from model organisms in pharmacology. 20 pages.

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