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Paul Thagard

Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
University of Waterloo
Participates in 2 items
Paul Thagard is a philosopher, cognitive scientist, and author of many interdisciplinary books. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo, where he founded and directed the Cognitive Science Program. He is a graduate of the Universities of Saskatchewan, Cambridge, Toronto (Ph.D. in philosophy) and Michigan (MS in computer science). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Cognitive Science Society, and the Association for Psychological Science. The Canada Council awarded him a Molson Prize (2007) and a Killam Prize (2013). His books include: The Cognitive Science of Science: Explanation, Discovery, and Conceptual Change (MIT Press, 2012); The Brain and the Meaning of Life((Princeton University Press, 2010); Hot Thought: Mechanisms and Applications of Emotional Cognition (MIT Press, 2006); and Mind: Introduction to Cognitive Science (MIT Press, 1996; second edition, 2005). Oxford University Press published his 3-book Treatise on Mind and Society in 2019.

Sessions in which Paul Thagard participates

Monday 24 May, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:25 AM
8:25 AM
Eric Winsberg
Speaker
University of South Florida
Professor, Department of...
Naomi Oreskes
Keynote speaker
Harvard University
Henry Charles Lea Profes...
Paul Thagard
Speaker
University of Waterloo
Emeritus Professor of Ph...
Dennis Meadows
Speaker
University of New Hampshire
Emeritus Professor, Form...
Serge Robert
Instructor
Université du Québec à M...
Professor, Department of...
Nadia Seraiocco
Master of ceremonies
Université du Québec à M...
Lecturer and Ph.D candid...
12:45 PM
12:45 PM