These essays draw on work in the history and philosophy of science, the philosophy of mind and language, the development of concepts in children, conceptual.

Keil, Frank C.

Wilson, Robert A.

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Explanation and Cognitionedited by Frank C. Keil and Robert A. Wilson © 2000 Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by anyelectronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or informa-tion storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher.This book was set in Bembo by Best-set Typesetter Ltd., Hong Kong and wasprinted and bound in the United States of America.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataExplanation and cognition / edited by Frank C. Keil and Robert A. Wilson.p. cm.“A Bradford book.”Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN 0-262-11249-3 (alk. paper)1. Cognition. 2. Explanation. I. Keil, Frank C., 1952– II. Wilson, Robert A.(Robert Andrew)BF311 .E886 2000153—dc2199-087946PrefaceFrom very different vantage points both of us have had longstanding inter-ests in the relations between cognition and explanation.When the oppor-tunity arose through the kind invitation of Jim Fetzer, editor of Minds andMachines, to put together a special issue on the topic, we eagerly agreedand assembled a series of seven papers that formed an exciting andprovocative collection. But even before that issue appeared, it was obviousthat we needed a more extensive and broader treatment of the topic. Wetherefore approached The MIT Press and suggested the current volume,containing revised versions of the seven original papers plus seven newpapers. All of these chapters have been extensively reviewed by both of usas well as by other authors in this volume. There have been many revi-sions resulting from discussions among the authors and editors such thatthis collection now forms a broad and integrated treatment of explanationand cognition across much of cognitive science.We hope that it will helpfoster a new set of discussions of how the ways we come to understandthe world and convey those understandings to others is linked to foun-dational issues in cognitive science.We acknowledge thanks to the staff at The MIT Press for help inshepherding this collection of papers through the various stages of pro-duction. Many thanks also to Trey Billings for helping in manuscript pro-cessing and preparation and to Marissa Greif and Nany Kim for preparingthe index. Frank Keil also acknowledges support by NIH grant R01-HD23922 for support of the research-related aspects of this project.

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