Québec Studies in the Philosophy of Science Part II: Biology, Psychology, Cognitive Science and Economics Essays in Honor of Hugues Leblanc
By North-American standards, philosophy is not new in Quebec: the first men tion of philosophy lectures given by a Jesuit in the College de Quebec (founded 1635) dates from 1665, and the oldest logic manuscript dates from 1679. In English-speaking universities such as McGill (founded 1829), philoso...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1996, 1996
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1996 |
| Series: | Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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