Category Archives: Philosophy of science

Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

This book is a further contribution to the series Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology.It is an ambitious attempt to explain the relationship between intelligence and environmental complexity, and in so doing to link philosophy of mind to more general … Continue reading →

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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Cognitive Science

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Giorgio Bertini

Recent research across the disciplines of cognitive science has exerted a profound influence on how many philosophers approach problems about the nature of mind. These philosophers, while attentive to traditional philosophical concerns, are increasingly drawing both theory and evidence from … Continue reading →

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Philosophy of Complex Systems

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Giorgio Bertini

Every essay in this book is original, often highly original, and they will be of interest to practising scientists as much as they will be to philosophers of  science — not least because many of the essays are by leading … Continue reading →

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