%A W.H. Dittrich %J Psycoloquy %T COGNITION FOR SCIENCE? Book Review of Giere on Scientific Cognition %X In this review of Giere's Cognitive Models of Science (1992), underlying theoretical assumptions of cognitive models are examined from a psychological and philosophical viewpoint. In particular, the aim of the book to constitute a unified cognitive model for the sciences is addressed. The ambiguity of cognitive processes is discussed as a major problem for cognitive explanations of science theory from a Kantian point of view. %N 71 %K philosophy of science, epistemology, Kant's critique, cognitive models, empiricism, social approach, historical school, folk psychology, theory-of-mind approach %P 11 %V 5 %D 1994 %L cogprints370