Peter Gärdenfors

Bjorn Peter Gärdenfors ( born September 21, 1949) is a Swedish philosopher and Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Lund. In 1974 he received his doctorate with a thesis on Group Decision Theory. As one of the world's most influential philosophers of Sweden, he is a member of Vitterhetsakademien and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1996 he received the Rausing price. In 2003 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina.

Research interests

In his research, Gärdenfors interested in philosophy of science, decision theory, amounted revision and non-monotonic logical inference.

Career

In addition to his work at the University of Lund taught and researched Gärdenfors as a visiting scientist at various universities internationally renowned:

  • Princeton University (1973-1974)
  • Stanford University (1983-1984)
  • University of Auckland ( September 1986)
  • Australian National University (1986-1987)
  • Universidad de Buenos Aires ( November 1990)
  • École Normale Superieur, Cachan ( June 1992)
  • University La Sapienza, Rome ( May 1995)
  • CREA, Paris ( October 1999)
  • University of California, San Diego ( January - February 2005)
  • British Academy ( April 2005)
  • Universita Ca ' Foscari di Venezia ( May- June 2005 )

Publications (selection)

  • Knowledge in Flux: Modeling the Dynamics of Epistemic States, Bradford Books, MIT Press, 1988, ISBN 0-262-57082-3.
  • Conceptual Spaces, Bradford Books, MIT Press, 2000. ISBN 0-262-07199-1
  • How Homo Became Sapiens: On the Evolution of Thinking, Oxford University Press, 2003 ISBN 0-198-52851-5.
  • The Dynamics of Thought, Springer Verlag, 2005. ISBN 1-402-03398-2
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