This book is a selection from the articles that I have written over a period of more than twenty years. Since the focus of my research interests has shifted several times during this period, it would be difficult to identify a common theme for all the papers in the volume. Following the Swedish tradition, I therefore present this as a smörgåsbord of philosophical and cognitive issues that I have worked on. To create some order, I have organized the sixteen papers into five general sections: (1) Decision theory; (2) belief revision and nonmonotonic logic; (3) induction; (4) semantics and pragmatics; and (5) cognition and evolution. Having said this, I still think that there is a common theme to my work over the years: The dynamics of thought. My academic interests have all the time dealt with aspects of how different kinds of knowledge should be represented, and, in particular, how changes in knowledge will affect thinking. Hence the title of the book.
| ISBN: | 9789048168545 |
| Publication date: | 28th October 2010 |
| Author: | Peter Gardenfors |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Netherlands |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 284 pages |
| Series: | Synthese Library |
| Genres: |
Philosophy Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Philosophy: logic Neurosciences Philosophy of science Artificial intelligence |
This book is a selection from the articles that I have written over a period of more than twenty years. Since the focus of my research interests has shifted several times during this period, it would be difficult to identify a common theme for all the papers in the volume. Following the Swedish tradition, I therefore present this as a smörgåsbord of philosophical and cognitive issues that I have worked on. To create some order, I have organized the sixteen papers into five general sections: (1) Decision theory; (2) belief revision and nonmonotonic logic; (3) induction; (4) semantics and pragmatics; and (5) cognition and evolution. Having said this, I still think that there is a common theme to my work over the years: The dynamics of thought. My academic interests have all the time dealt with aspects of how different kinds of knowledge should be represented, and, in particular, how changes in knowledge will affect thinking. Hence the title of the book.
The Dynamics of Thought features in the following genres: Philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Philosophy: logic, Neurosciences, Philosophy of science, Artificial intelligence
The Dynamics of Thought is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Dynamics of Thought was written by Peter Gardenfors and published by Springer an imprint of Springer Netherlands
The Dynamics of Thought has 284 pages
Yes it is part of Synthese Library series