Aki Lehtinen

Publications by topic

Models, simulations and robustness

Lehtinen, Aki (forthcoming): "Inferential rules for confirmatory robustness", European Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

Lehtinen, Aki, and Jani Raerinne (2025): "Simulated data in empirical science", Foundations of Science 30(2): 387-408.

Lehtinen, Aki (2024): "Imagination and fiction in modelling; an epistemic critique", Synthese 204(5)

Lehtinen, Aki (2022): "The epistemic benefits of generalisation in modelling II: Expressive power and abstraction", Synthese, vol. 200, no. 2.

Lehtinen, Aki (2021): "The epistemic benefits of generalisation in modelling I: Systems and applicability", Synthese, vol. 199, no. 3-4, pp. 10343-10370.

Lehtinen, Aki (2018): "Derivational robustness and indirect Confirmation", Erkenntnis, vol. 83, no. 3, pp. 539-576.

Lehtinen, Aki (2016): "Allocating Confirmation with Derivational Robustness", Philosophical Studies, vol. 173, pp. 2487-2509.

Kuorikoski, Jaakko, Lehtinen, Aki & Marchionni, Caterina (2012): "Robustness Analysis Disclaimer: Please Read the Manual before use!", Biology and Philosophy 27(6): 891-902.

Kuorikoski, Jaakko, Lehtinen, Aki & Marchionni, Caterina (2010): "Economic Modelling as Robustness Analysis", British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 61(3): 541-567.

Kuorikoski, Jaakko & Lehtinen, Aki (2009): "Incredible Worlds, Credible Results", Erkenntnis 70(1): 119-131.

Lehtinen, Aki & Kuorikoski, Jaakko (2007): "Computing the Perfect Model: Why do Economists Shun Simulation?", Philosophy of Science, 74(3): 304-329.

Philosophy of economics

Lehtinen, Aki & Kuorikoski, Jaakko (2021): “Computer simulation in economics”, Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Economics, ed. Conrad Heilmann & Julian Reiss, Routledge, pp. 355-369.

Lehtinen, Aki (2021): “The Helsinki approach to economic methodology, or, how to espouse the mainstream”, Journal of Economic Methodology, 28(1): 79-87.

Lehtinen, Aki (2021): “Core models in macroeconomics”, in Modern Guide to Philosophy of Economics, edited by Harold Kincaid and Don Ross, Edward Elgar, pp. 254-283.

Lehtinen, Aki & Kuorikoski, Jaakko (2018): “Model Selection in Macroeconomics: DSGE and Ad Hocness”, Journal of Economic Methodology, 25(3): 252-264.

Lehtinen, Aki (2013): "Three Kinds of ‘as-if’ Claims", Journal of Economic Methodology 20(2): 184-205.

Lehtinen, Aki (2013): “Preferences as total subjective comparative evaluations”, review of Hausman, Daniel (2012): Preference, value, choice, and welfare, CUP, Journal of Economic Methodology.

Lehtinen, Aki (2012): "Introduction: Uskali Mäki's Realist Philosophy of Economics", in Economics for Real, eds. A. Lehtinen, J. Kuorikoski & P. Ylikoski, Routledge, London, pp. 1-40.

Economics for real: Uskali Mäki and the Place of Truth in Economics (2012), eds. Lehtinen, Aki; Kuorikoski, Jaakko and Ylikoski, Petri, Routledge: London.

Kuorikoski, Jaakko & Lehtinen, Aki (2010): "Economics Imperialism and Solution Concepts in Political Science", Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 40(3): 347-374.

Lehtinen, Aki (2009): "Intentions in Invisible-Hand Accounts", Journal of Economic Methodology, 16(4): 409-416.

Lehtinen, Aki & Kuorikoski, Jaakko (2007): "Unrealistic Assumptions in Rational Choice Theory", Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 37(2): 115-138.

Rationality and game theory

Lehtinen, Aki (2011): "The Revealed Preference Interpretation of Payoffs in Game Theory", Homo Oeconomicus, 28(3): 265-296.

Grüne-Yanoff, Till & Lehtinen, Aki (2012): "Philosophy of Game Theory", in Handbook of the Philosophy of Economics, ed. U. Mäki, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 531-576.

Voting and social choice theory

Lehtinen, Aki (2015): “Strategic voting and the degree of path-dependence”, Group Decision and Negotiation, 24(1): 97-114.

Lehtinen, Aki (2015): "A Welfarist Critique of Social Choice Theory: Interpersonal comparisons in the theory of voting", Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 8(2): 34-83.

Lehtinen, Aki (2011): "A Welfarist Critique of Social Choice Theory", Journal of Theoretical Politics, 23(3): 359-381.

Lehtinen, Aki (2010): "Behavioural Heterogeneity under Approval and Plurality Voting", in Handbook on Approval Voting, eds. J. Laslier & R. Sanver, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 285-310.

Lehtinen, Aki (2008): "The Welfare Consequences of Strategic Behaviour under Approval and Plurality Voting", European Journal of Political Economy, 24: 688-704.

Lehtinen, Aki (2007): "The Borda Rule is also Intended for Dishonest Men", Public Choice, 133(1-2): 73-90.

Lehtinen, Aki (2007): "The Welfare Consequences of Strategic Voting in Two Commonly used Parliamentary Agendas", Theory and Decision, 63(1): 1-40.

Evidence

Lehtinen, Aki (2013): "On the Impossibility of Amalgamating Evidence", Journal for the General Philosophy of Science 44: 101-110.

Statistics

Lehtinen, Aki (2006): "Signal Extraction for Simulated Games with a Large Number of Players", Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 50: 2495-2507.

In Finnish/Suomeksi

Lehtinen, Aki (2020): ”Johdatus ilmastotutkimuksen tieteenfilosofiaan” (”Introduction to the philosophy of climate science”), in Ilmastonmuutos ja filosofia, eds. Kyllönen, Simo & Oksanen, Markku, Gaudeamus, Helsinki.

Lehtinen, Aki (2017): ”Riippumattomuusehto sosiaalisen valinnan teoriassa - melkein viimeistä kertaa” (”The independence condition in social choice theory - almost for the last time”), in Ajatus, vol. 74, pp. 241-279.

Kuorikoski, Jaakko & Lehtinen, Aki (2013): ”Markkinatasapaino ja markkinamekanismi” (”Market equilibrium and the market mechanism”), in Talous ja filosofia, eds. Niiniluoto, Ilkka, Jaakko Kuorikoski, and Risto Vilkko, Gaudeamus, Helsinki, pp. 54-70.

Lehtinen, Aki (2006): "Rationaalisen valinnan teorian rakenne ja käyttäytymisoletukset" (”The structure and behavioural assumptions of rational choice theory”), in Soveltava yhteiskuntatiede ja filosofia, eds. K. Rolin, M. Kakkuri-Knuuttila & E. Henttonen, Gaudeamus, Helsinki, pp. 215-240.