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The Idealized Mind: From Model-Based Science to Cognitive Science

By Michael D. Kirchhoff
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By Michael D. Kirchhoff
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A defense of scientific realism based on the role of idealization in the cognitive sciences.

We study nature, including the mind and brain, by building scientific models. In The Idealized Mind, Michael Kirchhoff brings together ideas from the philosophy of cognitive science and the philosophy of science to reconcile scientific realism with model-based science. His defense of scientific realism—the view that one reasonable aim of science is to provide true (or approximately true) descriptions...

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PhilosophyScience & TechnologyMajor Branches of Philosophical StudyHistory & Philosophy of ScienceScience - General & MiscellaneousMind, Philosophy ofPhilosophy of Science - General & MiscellaneousCognitive ScienceCognitive science