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Lilia GurovaLilia Gurova

 

Position

Associate Professor in Philosophy of Science

 

Research interests

·         Philosophy of Science: the problems of scientific evidence (induction, confirmation, underdetermination); theory-models relations; causal inference; categorization and conceptual change in science.

·         History of Science: history of psychology and cognitive science; history of 19th century natural sciences.

·         Cognitive science: concepts and categorization; conceptual change.

 

 

Research Grants

·         Individual Research Support Scheme Grant (CEU/RSS No:684/1994) for the project “Belief in Reason, Belief against Reason”;

·         Individual Research Support Scheme Grant (OSSF/RSS No:1542/1999) for the project “Transformations of meaning in periods of change”;

·         Visiting Research Fellowship of the Center for Philosophy of Science at University of Pittsburgh (January-April, 2006) for the project "The Interplay of Theories, Models and Experiments in the Dynamics of Scientific Knowledge".

 

 

Current Projects

·         "Cognitive Science, Knowledge Studies, and Knowledge Technologies" - CEEPUS II Academic Network (No CII-AT-0103); coordinator for NBU

·         "Representation and Inference" - Bulgarian-Czech research project supported by the Institute for Philosophical Research of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Institute of Philosophy of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic.

 

 

Selected publications


·         Books


Gurova, L. The Role of Problems. Sofia: Bogianna, 1998. (In Bulgarian)

Gurova, L., D. Tzatzov. The psychologism – anti-psychologism debate. Sofia: Bogianna, 1999. (In Bulgarian)


·         Papers in English


Gurova, L. (2007). National Philosophies of Science? How Social Categorization Screens off Genuine Causal Explanations. In: Kaneva, S. (Ed.) Philosophy Bridging Civilizations and Cultures. Proc. of XXIV Varna International Philosophical School, 01-03 June, 2006. Sofia: IPhR - BAS, 350-355.

Gurova, L. (2004). Philosophy of Science in the Struggle for the Soul of Science. In: Kaneva, S., Genova, D., Obreshkov, N.(Eds.) Challenges Facing Philosophy in United Europe . Proceedings of 23rd Varna International Philosophical School. Sofia: IPhR-BAS.

Gurova, L. (2003). Philosophy of Science Looking for a New Agenda. In: Kaneva, S., Genova, D., Batouleva, T., Obreshkov, N., Kanavrov, V., Vladimirov, L. (eds.) (2003). Philosophy Between Old and New Values. Proceedings of 22nd Varna International Philosophical School. Sofia: IPhR-BAS, 223-227.

Gurova, L. (2003). Philosophy of Science Meets Cognitive Science: the Categorization Debate. In: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol.236, 141-162.

Gurova, L. (1996). The Shifts of the Mind-Body Problem in the Field of Cognitive Science. In: B. Kokinov. (Ed.). Perspectives on Cognitive Science, Vol.2. Sofia: NBU, 176-179.

Gurova, L., B. Kokinov. (1995). Foundations of Cognitive Science. In: B. Kokinov. (Ed.). Perspectives on Cognitive Science, Vol.1. Sofia: NBU, 9-18.

Gurova, L. (1994). Philosophy and the Science of Mind towards the End of the 20th Century. In: Proc. of XVIII Varna International Philosophical School, Sept.1994, 97-99.

Gurova, L. (1988). The Frame Problem. In: Types of Logical Systems and the Problem of Truth. Proceedings of the Second Bulgarian-Polish Symposium in Logic. Sofia: BAS, 1988, 111-121.

Gurova, L. (1986). A Possible Approach to the History of Unsolved Problems. The Frame Problem. In: Tögel, Chr. et al. (Eds.). Struktur und Dynamik Wissenschaftlicher Theorien. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 217-237.

 

·         Papers in Bulgarian


Gurova, L. (2008). The Future of Philosophy or About the Alleged Negative Consequences of the Specialization of Philosophy. In: Tzatzov, D. et al. (Eds.). Philosophy in the XXI Century. Sofia: Prof. M. Drinov, 250-257.

Gurova, L. (2008). The Concept of Style of Thought: What Does It Hide and What Does it Reveal. In: Stefanov, A. et al. (Eds.). Style of Thought. Sofia: St. Ivan Rilski, 67-74.

Gurova, L. (2007). Natural Kinds. In: Kanavrov, V., Petrov, V., Tsatsov, D., Todorov, H. (Eds.). Ontology in the Twentieth Century. Sofia: Faber, 307-327.

Gurova, L. (2007). The Problems of Causation: 50 years Later. In: Stefanov, A., Gurova, L., Apostolov, A. (Eds.). Philosophy as Vocation. In Memory of Bernard Muntyan. Sofia: St. Ivan Rilski, 18-25.

Gurova, L. (2007). Mechanisms of Conceptual Change. In: Piryova, B., Paspalanova, E., Dilova, M. (Eds.) Annual of the Department of Cognitive Science and Psychology. Sofia: NBU, 6-16.

Gurova, L. (2006). Who Defended Science at Dover Trial and How They Did It. Journal of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2, 56-60.

Gurova, L. (2006). The Epistemic Roots of Anti-scientism. In: Stefanov, A., Gurova, L., Apostolov, A. (Eds.). Science and Knowledge. Sofia: Ivan Rilski, 50-57.

Gurova, L. (2006). Consciousness: Why Are We Interested in It? In: Todorov, O. (Ed.) Memory, Identity, Consciousness. Sofia: NBU, 125-140.

Gurova, L. (2005). Science and Pseudo-science: the problems of demarcation. Journal of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences , 2, 14-18.

Gurova, L. (2005). The Public Face of Science and the Philosophical Values. In: Apostolov, A., Petrova, E., Sretenova, N., Todorov, T. (Eds.). The European Values in Philosophy. Sofia: UBS, 7-14.

Gurova, L., D. Tzatzov. (2004). The Bulgarian Discussion about the Nature of Mind. Philosophical Alternatives, 2004 No 1-2, 3-5.

Gurova, L. (2004). The Higher Education in Philosophy: Variants and Main Dilemmas. In: Stefanov, V., A. Apostolov, T. Todorov, N. Sretenova. (Eds.). Culture, Philosophy, Education.Sofia: SUB, 93-101.

Gurova, L. (2003). Beyond the Apology of Anti-psychologism. Philosophical Alternatives, 2003 No5-6, 39-44.

Gurova, L. (2003). What is a Concept, What is to Have a Concept. In: V. Petrov. (Ed.) Philosophy, Language, Science. Sofia EON-2000, 108-118.

Gurova, L. (2003). Models of Liberal Education in the North-American Universities. Critique and Humanism, 2003/1, 191-199.

Gurova, L. (2001). Kant about the Impossibility of the Science of Psychology. In: Kant and Kant’s Tradition in Bulgaria. Sofia: LIK, 207-216.

Gurova, L. (2001). The Psychological Views of Dimitar Mischalchev in the Context of the Debates at the Beginning of 20th Century. In: World, Democracy, Small Nations. Sofia: SUB, 216-230.

Gurova, L. (2001). The Role of Philosophy in the Rise of Experimental Psychology. In: Muntyan, B., Russev, P., Sarkisyan, S., Slavov, S. (Eds.) In memoriam of A. Polikarov. Sofia: “Prof. Marin Drinov”, 2001, 274-285.

Gurova, L. (2000). The Naturalism – Anti-naturalism Debate at the End of 20th Century. In: Philosophy and Society. Sofia: SSB, 215-221.

Gurova, L. (1997). Philosophy and Contemporary Science. Philosophical Alternatives, 1997 No 2, 62-69.

Gurova, L. (1997). The Notion of Paradigm from an Epistemological Point of View. Philosophical Alternatives, 1997 No 4, 30-34.

Gurova, L. (1996). Common Sense and the Charms of the Psychoanalytical Explanation. In: Psychoanalysis and Philosophy. Sofia: BAS, 1996, 38-42.

Gurova, L. (1994). Could the Logic of Questions Have its own Theory of Inference? Philosophical Alternatives, 1994 No 1, 80-82.

Gurova, L. (1993). Problems: their Role in the Growth of Knowledge. In: Philosophical Investigations, vol.3. Sofia: BAS, 183-191.

Gurova, L. (1992). The Three Tasks of Reichenbach and Contemporary Epistemology. Philosophical Alternatives, 1992, No 7-8, 46-49.

Gurova, L. (1989). Arriving at Knowledge about Unobservable Things: Hume’s Problem and the Frame Problem in AI. Philosophical Thought, 1989 No 3, 52-59.

 

 

Presentations

  • "Models as Inferential Machines". (6th Quadrennial Fellows Conference. July 21-23, 2008, Athens OH, US)
  • “Categorization in Science and in Cognitive Science” (13th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. August 9-15, 2007, Beijing, China)
  • “A Plea for a Moderate Anti-justificationism” (Confirmation, Induction and Science. March 8-10, 2007, London School of Economics, London, Great Britain)
  • “What Models Do that Theories Can’t” (Lecture delivered at the seminar of the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, February, 2006)
  • “Theory-based vs. Model-based Explanations of Experimental Findings” (31st Annual Philosophy of Science Conference. 11-15.04.2005, Dubrovnik, Croatia)
  • “Image and Logic in Thought Experimentation” (Thought Experiments Rethought. September 24-25, 2004, Ghent, Belgium)
  • “Concepts: False Dilemmas, Neglected Dilemmas” (12th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. August 7-13, 2003, Oviedo, Spain)
  • “Concepts: Where the Critics of the Classical View Went Wrong” (Invited lecture delivered at the seminar of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, April, 2002)
  • “Meaning and Action” (Invited lecture delivered at the seminar of the Institute of Philosophy of Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, April, 2001)
  • “The Categorization Debate in Cognitive Science” and "The Human Free Will in a World of Causes" (International Spring Seminar in Cognitive Science. April 17-22, 2000, Bucharest, Romania)
  • “Piaget and the Categorization Debate in Cognitive Science" (11th International Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science. August 20-26, 1999, Krakow, Poland)

 

 

Membership

  • Philosophy of Science Association
  • European Philosophy of Science Association
  • Cognitive Science Society

 

 

Contact Information

  • Mailing Address: Department of Cognitive Science and Psychology, New Bulgarian University, 21 Montevideo Str., 1618 Sofia, BULGARIA
  • E-mail: lgurova@nbu.bg, gurova@del.bg
  • Tel:+ 359 2 8110 402
  • Fax:+ 359 2 8110 421