Riccardo Viale

Methodological Cognitivism (eBook, PDF)

Vol. 2: Cognition, Science, and Innovation

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book covers a broad spectrum of topics, from experimental philosophy and cognitive theory of science, to social epistemology and research and innovation policy. Following up on the previously published Volume 1, “Mind, Rationality, and Society,” it provides further applications of methodological cognitivism in areas such as scientific discovery, technology transfer and innovation policy. It also analyzes the impact of cognitive science on philosophical problems like causality and truth. The book is divided into four parts: Part I “Experimental Philosophy and Causality” tackles the problem of causality, which is often seen as straddling metaphysics, ontology and epistemology. Part II “Cognitive Rationality of Science” deals with the cognitive foundation of scientific rationality, starting from a strong critique of the neopositivist rationality of science on the one hand and of the relativist and social reduction of the methodology of science on the other. Part III “Research Policy and Social Epistemology” deals with topics of social epistemology, science policy and culture of innovation. Lastly, Part IV “Knowledge Transfer and Innovation” addresses the dynamics of knowledge generation, transfer and use in technological innovation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Berlin
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783642402166
• Artikelnr.: 43795599

Autorenporträt

Riccardo Viale is Professor of Epistemology of Social Sciences at the University of Milano-Bicocca.

He is Editor-in-Chief of Mind & Society (Springer) and the author or editor of many books such as Modelling the Mind (with K.A. Moyeldin Said, H. Newton Smith and K.V. Wilkes, Clarendon Press, 1990); Economics, Bounded Rationality and the Cognitive Revolution (with H. Simon, M. Egidi and R. Marris, Elgar, 1992), Knowledge and Politics (Physica-Verlag, 2001), Biological and Cultural Bases of Human Inferences (with D. Andler and L. Hirschfeld, Erlbaum, 2006), The Capitalization of Knowledge (with H. Etzkowitz, Elgar, 2010).

His research interests are the cognitive foundation of social action, the cognitive theory of economic rationality, cognitive approaches in philosophy of science and social epistemology, tacit knowledge and science policy.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction.- Part I: Experimental Philosophy and Causality.- Part II: Cognitive Rationality of Science.- Part III: Research Policy and Social Epistemology.- Part IV: Knowledge Transfer and Innovation.

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Part I: Cognitive Rationality and Society.- Part II: Cognitive Economics.- Part III: Mind, Culture, and Epistemological Universals.- References.- Subject Index.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:
"This book reminds us that human and social sciences are branches of the cognitive theory of mind. ... this book has several interesting contents also for agent-based modelers: it provides a clear perspective for cognition analysis in social sciences and a behavioral neuroeconomics synthesis, useful to derive new bases for social simulation research. ... this book is food for thought for anyone interested in social simulation and the modeling of socioeconomic phenomena." (Pietro Terna, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Vol. 1, 2012)