Paul Thagard wins Molson Prize

[Tobi Day-Hamilton]

**** Philosopher Paul Thagard wins 2007 Molson Prize****

University of Waterloo philosophy professor Paul Thagard selected as winner
of this year's Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes.

Excerpts from
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2007/oq128256091841368496.htm

Dr. Thagard, winner of the Molson Prize in the Social Sciences and
Humanities, is Canada's foremost scholar in the field of cognitive science,
which brings together philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, computer
science, linguistics and anthropology to study the mind and intelligence.  

"Paul Thagard is one of Canada's most distinguished philosophers, whose
virtually unparalleled work on the conceptual aspects of cognitive science
and scientific reasoning has helped make University of Waterloo a magnet for
top graduate students in these fields. His multi-disciplinary work and
cross-disciplinary collaborations link several academic fields, including
philosophy, psychology and artificial intelligence in the new discipline of
cognitive science, a field which he co-founded. He has made major
contributions and published widely in a number of fields and in the top
publications and presses in the world. He is a true leader at the
international level, a ground-breaking scholar and one of the most important
thinkers of his generation."

Two Molson Prizes, worth $50,000 each, are awarded every year to
distinguished Canadians, one in the arts and the other in the social
sciences or humanities. The prizes recognize the recipients' outstanding
lifetime achievements and ongoing contributions to the cultural and
intellectual life of Canada.


Congratulations Paul!





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