Michiel van Lambalgen
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Michiel van Lambalgen is a professor of Logic
and Cognitive Science
at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation
and the Department of Philosophy, University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands
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In the 1980s van Lambalgen did research in randomness, but after some time felt the subject was "too abstract". Then in the 1990s he moved to artificial intelligence
, where he picked up the methodology for studying cognition. In 1999 he spent a sabbatical with Keith Stenning
at the University of Edinburgh
where he learned about the psychology of reasoning
. His research interests include philosophy and the foundations of mathematics, reasoning with uncertainty, the psychology of reasoning, and the cognitive semantics of natural language.
Logic
In philosophy, Logic is the formal systematic study of the principles of valid inference and correct reasoning. Logic is used in most intellectual activities, but is studied primarily in the disciplines of philosophy, mathematics, semantics, and computer science...
and Cognitive Science
Cognitive science
Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary scientific study of mind and its processes. It examines what cognition is, what it does and how it works. It includes research on how information is processed , represented, and transformed in behaviour, nervous system or machine...
at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation
Institute for Logic, Language and Computation
The Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation is a research institute of the University of Amsterdam, in which researchers from the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Humanities collaborate....
and the Department of Philosophy, University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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In the 1980s van Lambalgen did research in randomness, but after some time felt the subject was "too abstract". Then in the 1990s he moved to artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
, where he picked up the methodology for studying cognition. In 1999 he spent a sabbatical with Keith Stenning
Keith Stenning
Keith Stenning is a cognitive scientist and Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK. He received a Bachelor's degree in philosophy and psychology at the University of Oxford in 1969, and a PhD in discourse semantics as a basis for a theory of memory in New York, 1975,...
at the University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...
where he learned about the psychology of reasoning
Psychology of reasoning
The psychology of reasoning is the study of how people reason, often broadly defined as the process of drawing conclusions to inform how people solve problems and make decisions...
. His research interests include philosophy and the foundations of mathematics, reasoning with uncertainty, the psychology of reasoning, and the cognitive semantics of natural language.