Visa Helenius
VTL, FM / Lic.Soc.Sc., MA
vjhele@utu.fi |
rationalism; the Academy of Turku; the philosophy of Lucretius; the principle of sufficient reason
I am Lic. Soc. Sc. in Philosophy and MA in Latin Philology and have specialised in the rationalism of Early modern philosophy, the philosophy of Lucretius, the principle of sufficient reason and the Academy of Turku. I have extensive experience in publishing (e.g., 9 peer-reviewed publications), scientific presentations (more than 50 presentations around Europe) and teaching (e.g., public lecture series on the Academy of Turku in 2025 and high school education).
In my dissertation, I study the development of the principle of sufficient reason ("everything has a cause, reason or ground") in Early modern philosophy
Philosophy of Causes, Reasons and Free Will (shared teaching), 2024
- Earlier Philosophy and Theology in Karl Mesterton’s De Aeternitate Dei (1752) (2026)
- Mirator
- Hume, Causality and the Leibnizian Principle of Sufficient Reason (2025) Contemporary Perspectives and Historical Dimensions: Festschrift in Honor of Jani Hakkarainen Helenius, Visa
- Länsimaisen kulutuskulttuurin mineraaliriippuvuus (2025) Coolest Student Papers at Finland Futures Research Centre 2024–2025. Tulevaisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen valittuja opiskelijatöitä 2024–2025 Alm, Tuomas; Helenius, Visa; Lahdenniemi, Elina; Lindqvist, Paulus; Nurmikko, Marika; Saarinen, Iina; Toikka, Aino
- Lucretius’ Atomism as an Ideological Forerunner of Modern Astronomy (2025)
- Faravid
- Lucretius, impietas and Religious Deviance (2025)
- Arctos: Acta Philologica Fennica
- Review: Riccardo Chiaradonna: Ontology in Early Neoplatonism: Plotinus, Porphyry, Iamblichus. Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca et Byzantina 9. De Gruyter, Berlin – Boston 2023 (2025)
- Arctos: Acta Philologica Fennica
- Andreas Markantonatos – Vasileios Liotsakis – Andreas Serafim (eds.): Witnesses and Evidence in Ancient Greek Literature. De Gruyter, Berlin – Boston 2021. (Book review) (2024)
- Arctos: Acta Philologica Fennica
- From Here to Eternity: Two Absolutists (Newton, Clarke) and Two Relationalists (Leibniz, Kant of New Elucidation) on the Essence of Time with a Consideration of Their Similarities and Differences (2024) True Colors, Time After Time: Essays Honoring Valtteri Arstila Helenius, Visa
- Philipp Roelli: Latin as the Language of Science and Learning. De Gruyter, Berlin – Boston 2021. (Book review) (2024)
- Arctos: Acta Philologica Fennica
- Turun akatemian tieteellinen toiminta Mestertonin ja Porthanin valossa (2024)
- Auraica: Scripta A Societate Porthan Edita



