Paul Thagard, PhD, is a philosopher, cognitive scientist, and author of many interdisciplinary books. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Cognitive Science Society, and the Association for Psychological Science. The Canada Council awarded him a Molson Prize (2007) and a Killam Prize (2013). His next book, Why Falsehoods Fly: Fighting Misinformation, will be published by Columbia University Press in 2024.
In 2022, Columbia University Press published Balance: How It Works and What It Means.

In 2021, MIT Press published Bots and Beasts: What Makes Machines, Animals, and People Smart?
Paul Thagard’s Treatise on Mind and Society was published by Oxford University Press in 2019.
This page updated April 6, 2023