Peter Gärdenfors

Peter Gärdenfors 2010

Björn Peter Gärdenfors (born September 21, 1949 ) is a Swedish philosopher and professor of cognitive science at Lund University . In 1974 he received his PhD with a thesis on Group Decision Theory . As one of Sweden's most internationally influential philosophers, he is a member of the Vitterhets Academies and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences . In 1996 he received the Rausing Prize. In 2003 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

Research interest

In his research, Gärdenfors is interested in the philosophy of science , decision theory , belief revision and non-monotonous logical reasoning .

Career

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

• 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)
• La Sapienza University , Rome (May 1995)
• CREA , Paris (October 1999)
• Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences (SCASSS), Uppsala (2003-2004)
• 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

Web links

• Vitterhetsakademien
• Peter Gärdenfors - Lund University Cognitive Science
• Bibliography 1970-1989
• Bibliography 1990-1999
• Bibliography 2000-