Peter Gardenfors

In the Scope of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science: Volume Two of the 11th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Cracow, August 1999 - Synthese Library Peter Gardenfors 2002 edition

Marc Notes: Description based on: v. 2, copyrighted 2002. Description for Sales People: Title is also available as part of a set: In the Scope of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science (978-1-4020-0931-0) Table of Contents: XI: Philosophy of the Biological Sciences. Biology and the Possible; C. Debru. On Genetic Information and Genetic Coding; P. Godfrey-Smith. XII: Philosophy of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence. Architecture-Based Conceptions of Mind; A. Sloman. XIII: Philosophy of Linguistics. Linguistics as a System of Distinct Types of Ontology-cum-methodology; E. Itkonen. XIV: Philosophy of the Social Sciences. Philosophy and the Social Sciences; M. Gilbert. Assessing Game-Theoretic Explanations in the Social Sciences; H. Kincaid. In Defense of Mental Representation; B. von Eckardt. XV: Ethics of Science and Technology. Situated Knowledge and the Interplay of Value Judgments and Evidence in Scientific Inquiry; E. Anderson. The Ways in Which the Sciences Are and Are Not Value Free; H. Lacey. Scientific Controversy and the Public Face of Science; H. E. Longino. XVI: History of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science. Incommensurability and Empirical Comparability: The Case of the Phlogiston Theory; M. Carrier. A Century of Inference: 1837-1936; G. Sundholm. XVII: Philosophical Questions Raised by the History and Sociology of Science. Historical Ontology; I. Hacking. Special Symposium: A Hundred Years of the Philosophy of Science. Carnap and Kuhn: a Belated Encounter; G. Irzik. Philosophy as Science: The Modernist Agenda of Philosophy of Science, 1900-1950; A. Richardson. Philosophy of Science, 1950-2000: The Parting of the Ways; E. McMullin. Special Symposium: Cognitive Science Meets Philosophy of Science. Patterns of Interaction Among Philosophers of Science and Cognitive Scientists; R. N. Giere. Closing Lecture. The Concept of Information in Biology; J. Maynard Smith. Special Lecture. On the Future of Science; S. Lem. Index of Names. Table of contents Volume I.

Contributor Bio:  Gardenfors, Peter Peter Gardenfors is Professor of Cognitive Science at Lund University, Sweden. He is the author of "Conceptual Spaces: The Geometry of Thought" (MIT Press) and other books. Contributor Bio:  Grdenfors, Peter Peter Grdenfors is Professor of Cognitive Science at Lund University, Lund, Sweden.