The Philosopher
Paul Thagard
The face
The background
- Nationality:
- Canadian
- Schools:
- naturalism, Epistemic coherentism
- Period:
- Contemporary philosophy
The synopsis
The works
Dreams, Jokes, and Songs: How Brains Build Consciousness
Falsehoods Fly: Why Misinformation Spreads and How to Stop it
Balance: How it Works and What it Means
Bots and Beasts: What Make Machines, Animals, and People Smart?
Brain-Mind: From Neurons to Consciousness and Creativity
Mind-Society: From Brains to Social Sciences and Professions
Natural Philosophy: From Social Brains to Knowledge, Reality, Morality, and Beauty
The Cognitive Science of Science: Explanation, Discovery, and Conceptual Change.
The Brain and the Meaning of Life
Hot Thought: Mechanisms and Applications of Emotional Cognition
Coherence in Thought and Action
How Scientists Explain Disease
Mind: An Introduction to Cognitive Science
Conceptual Revolutions
Computational Philosophy of Science
Mental Leaps: Analogy in Creative Thought
Induction: Processes of Inference, Learning, and Discovery
Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science