Books before 2019:
- The Cognitive Science of Science: Explanation, Discovery, and Conceptual Change (MIT Press, 2012). Amazon.com. Amazon.ca.
- The Brain and the Meaning of Life (Princeton University Press, 2010). Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Podcast.
- Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science(ed., Elsevier, 2007).
- Hot Thought: Mechanisms and Applications of Emotional Cognition (MIT Press, 2006).
- Mind: Introduction to Cognitive Science (MIT Press, 1996; second edition, 2005).
- Coherence in Thought and Action (MIT Press, 2000).
- How Scientists Explain Disease (Princeton University Press, 1999).
- Mind Readings: Introductory Selections in Cognitive Science (ed., MIT Press, 1998).
- Mental Leaps: Analogy in Creative Thought (MIT Press, 1995) with Keith Holyoak.
- Conceptual Revolutions (Princeton University Press, 1992).
- Computational Philosophy of Science (MIT Press, 1988).
- Induction: Processes of Inference, Learning, and Discovery (MIT Press, 1986) with John Holland, Keith Holyoak, and Richard Nisbett.
Books after 2019:
Treatise on Mind and Society, 2019, Oxford University Press
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Brain-Mind: From Neurons to Consciousness and Creativity.
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Mind-Society: From Brains to Social Sciences and Professions
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Natural Philosophy: From Social Brains to Knowledge, Reality, Morality, and Beauty.
Bots and Beasts: What Makes Machines, Animals, and People Smart? published by MIT Press in 2021.
Balance: How It Works and What It Means,Columbia University Press, 2022.
Falsehoods Fly: Why Misinformation Spreads and How to Stop It Columbia University Press , 2024.
Dreams, Jokes, and Songs: How Brains Build Consciousness, Oxford University Press, July 2025.
AI Boom or Doom? Philosophy and Psychology of the New Artificial Intellitence, in press, MIT Press.
Matter over Mind: Philosophy and Psychology of Ozempic, in progress.
This page updated Oct. 7, 2025.
Paul Thagard 