Evolution, Rationality and Cognition by Antonio Zilhao
Fascinating pieces of work, the essays in this collection attest to the illuminating power of evolutionary thinking when applied to the understanding of the human mind. Topics covered range from general methodological issues to long-standing philosophical problems such as human rationality.-
Histories of the Value-Laden Ideals of Science
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When Metaphysics Meets Biology
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Pragmatism and Philosophy of Science
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Scientific Explanation, Causality, and Agency
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Physics and Free Will
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Philosophy of Biological Functions
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Fictions in Science
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Modeling the Possible
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Understanding and Conscious Experience
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Karl Popper and the Open Future of the Philosophy of Science
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Scientific Challenges to Common Sense Philosophy
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Conceptual Change and the Philosophy of Science
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Conceptual Systems
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The Aesthetics of Science
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Understanding Perspectivism
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Conjunctive Explanations
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Models, Simulations, and Representations
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Conservative Reductionism
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Causation, Evidence, and Inference
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Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science
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Essence in the Age of Evolution
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Emergence in Science and Philosophy
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Science after the Practice Turn in the Philosophy, History, and Social Studies of Science
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Nancy Cartwright's Philosophy of Science
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Structure, Evidence, and Heuristic
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Platonism, Naturalism, and Mathematical Knowledge
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Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Revisited
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Logical Empiricism and the Physical Sciences
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Contemporary Philosophical Naturalism and Its Implications
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The Tools of Neuroscience Experiment
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Popper's Critical Rationalism
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Science, Freedom, Democracy
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Karl Popper's Philosophy of Science
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Thought Experiments in Science, Philosophy, and the Arts
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The Aesthetics of Scientific Experiments
António Zilhão is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Lisbon.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415591607 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415591600 |
| Title | Evolution, Rationality and Cognition |
| Author | Antonio Zilhao |
| Series | Routledge Studies In The Philosophy Of Science |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year published | 2010-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
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