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Québec Studies in the Philosophy of Science :

9400901135

9789400901131

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Québec Studies in the Philosophy of Science :

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Part II: Biology, Psychology, Cognitive Science and Economics Essays in Honor of Hugues Leblanc

edited by Mathieu Marion, Robert S. Cohen.

Dordrecht

Springer Netherlands

1996

(xi, 308 pages)

Boston studies in the philosophy of science, 178.

Philosophy of Biology --; Teleological Arguments from a Methodological Viewpoint --; Natural Selection and Selection Type Theories --; Function, Normality and Temporality --; Natural Selection and Indexical Representation --; Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science --; Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Life, and the Symbol-Matter Problem --; Making Colored Objects --; Why Marr's Theory of Vision Is Not Anti-Individualist --; 'Three Thought Experiments Revisited' --; Davidson on Norms and the Explanation of Behavior --; Decision Theory and Philosophy of Economics --; Economics and Intentionality --; How Could Anyone Be Irrational? --; 'If Cows Had Wings, We'd Carry Big Umbrellas.' An Almost Number-Free Note on Newcomb's Problem --; The Belief-Desire Model of Decision Theory Needs a Third Component: Prospective Intentions --; Decision Theory, Individualistic Explanations and Social Darwinism --; Epistemological Studies --; Dispositions to Explain --; Belief-Sentences: Outline of a Nominalistic Approach --; Verifieationism and the Molecular View of Language --; Notes on the Authors --; Name Index.

This, the second of two volumes of essays written by scholars from Québec, is dedicated to the eminent and pioneering logician, Hugues Leblanc. Together, the volumes comprise the first full-scale, English-language collection of studies in the philosophy and history of science from the French and English culture of Québec. They will be appreciated as a major contribution to North-American philosophy of science. Audience: The second volume will be of particular interest to students and scholars engaged in research in the philosophy of biology, psychology, cognitive science and economics.

Biology -- Philosophy.

Philosophy (General)

Philosophy of mind.

edited by Mathieu Marion, Robert S. Cohen.

Mathieu Marion

Robert S Cohen

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