Major Publications:
Holland, J., Holyoak, K., Nisbett, R., & Thagard, P. (1986). Induction: Processes of
inference, learning, and discovery. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press/Bradford Books.
Paperback edition, 1988. Japanese translation published by Shinyo Sha, 1990.
Holyoak, K., & Thagard, P. (1995). Mental leaps: Analogy in creative thought.
Cambridge:, MA: MIT Press/Bradford Books. Paperback edition, 1996. Japanese
translation published by Shinyo Sha, 1998.
Thagard, P. (1988). Computational philosophy of science. Cambridge, MA: MIT
Press/Bradford Books. Paperback edition, 1993.
Thagard, P. (1992). Conceptual revolutions. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Paperback edition, 1993. Italian translation published by Guerini e Associati, 1994.
Chinese translation published by Hung Yeh Publishing, Taiwan., 2004. Selected by the
Association of American Publishers, Professional/Scholarly publishing division, as the
outstanding psychology book of 1992.
Thagard, P. (1996). Mind: Introduction to cognitive science. Cambridge, MA: MIT
Press/Bradford Books. Italian translation published by Guerini e Associati, 1998.
Portuguese translation published by Artes M
The Cognitive Science of Science: Explanation, Discovery, and Conceptual Change (MIT Press, 2012).
The Brain and the Meaning of Life (Princeton University Press, 2010)
Membre des sociétés académiques:
Canadian Philosophical Association
Cognitive Science Society (governing board, 1996-2002; chair, 1998-1999)
Royal Society of Canada
Philosophy of Science Association (nominating committee, 1996-1997)
Society for Machines and Mentality (Vice president, 1996-1997; President, 1997-1998)
Courses Taught:
COGSCI 600: Graduate Seminar in Cognitive Science
Phil 110a: Philosophy - Knowledge & Reality
Phil 226: Biomedical Ethics
Phil/Psych 256: Introduction to Cognitive Science
