Academic & Teaching staff

Dr Juha Saatsi

Lecturer

Dr Juha Saatsi

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Juha has been a lecturer at Leeds since 2007.

He has worked on various issues in general philosophy of science, with the main focus on various aspects of scientific realism and explanation.

Research Interests

  • General Philosophy of Science
  • Philosophy of Physics
  • Metaphysics of Science
  • Philosophy of Mathematics

Selected Publications

  • 'Scientic Realism and Historical Evidence: Shortcomings of the Current State of Debate', EPSA Epistemology and Methodology of Science, Springer (Forthcoming)
  • 'Inconsistency and realism', Synthese (Forthcoming).
  • The Continuum Companion to the Philosophy of Science (co-edited with S. French), Continuum Publishing (2011)
  • 'Idealized models as inferentially veridical representations', Models, Simulations, and Representations,
    C. Imbert & P. Humphreys (eds), Routledge (2011).
  • 'The enhanced indispensability argument: representational vs. explanatory role of mathematics in science', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 62 (2011), 143-154.
  • 'Miraculous Success: Inconsistency and Untruth in Kirchhoff's Diffraction Theory', The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (2010). (with P. Vickers)
  • 'Form vs. Content-driven Arguments for Realism', New Waves in Philosophy of Science, Palgrave, P.D. Magnus and J. Busch (eds) (2009)
  • 'Living in Harmony: Nominalism and the Explanationist Argument for Realism', International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 21 (2007), 19-33.
  • Reconsidering the Fresnel-Maxwell case study', Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 36 (2005), 509-38.
  • 'Ramseyfication and Theoretical Content', The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 57 (2006), 561-85 (with J. Melia).

See Juha's personal page for full publication details.

Research Supervision

  • Issues connected to the scientific realism debate
  • Theories of explanation, reduction, and emergence
  • Issues connected to the role of mathematics and models in science
  • Selected issues in philosophy of physics (e.g. ontology of spacetime)

Research Students

  • Vasiliki Nassiopoulou, 'Supervenience and the ontology of spacetime' (2010- ; co-supervised with Steven French).
  • Dave Race, 'Applicability of mathematics' (2010- ; co-supervised with Steven French).
  • Mark Pexton, 'Non-causal explanation in science' (2009-).