Ronald N. Giere (1994) Cognitive Science and the Philosophy of Science:
. Psycoloquy: 5(62) Scientific Cognition (10)
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Psycoloquy 5(62): Cognitive Science and the Philosophy of Science:
COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE:
WHAT'S THE CONNECTION?
Reply to Bookstein, Catania, Hardcastle, Roitblat,
Shafto, Slater & van Brakel on Scientific-Cognition
Ronald N. Giere
Department of Philosophy and
Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
philosci@maroon.tc.umn.edu
Abstract
This reply to reviewers of Cognitive Models of Science
(Giere, 1992) focuses on issues raised concerning the overall
project. I conclude that the cognitive sciences provide useful
resources for a naturalistic philosophy of science. The noted
disunity in the cognitive sciences places limitations on how
unified a naturalistic philosophy of science could be, but does not
detract from the overall project.
Keywords
Cognitive science, philosophy of science, cognitive
models, artificial intelligence, computer science, cognitve
neuroscience.
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