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Science models reality with idealizations, revealing truth about the mind.
The Idealized Mind
From Model-Based Science to Cognitive Science
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248 pages
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9 September 2025
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Summary
A defense of scientific realism based on the role of idealization in the cognitive sciences.
We study nature, including the mind and brain, by building scientific models. In The Idealized Mind, Michael Kirchhoff brings together ideas from the philosophy of cognitive science and the philosophy of science to reconcile scientific realism with model-based science. His defense of scientific realism—the view that one reasonable aim of science is to provide true (or approximately tr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262552936 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262552930 |
| Author: | Michael D. Kirchhoff |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 9 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 336g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 155mm x 229mm |
A-Format111 × 178 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm

155 × 229 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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About The Author
Michael D. Kirchhoff
Michael D. Kirchhoff is Associate Professor in the School of Liberal Arts at the University of Wollongong.
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