Nancy J. Nersessian

Nancy J. Nersessian is the Regents' Professor and Professor of Cognitive Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She has been a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2006. ^[1]

Life

She graduated from Boston University and Case Western Reserve University .Her work is in the areas of the philosophy of science, the history of science, and the psychology of science. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2005–2006, she was a Radcliffe Institute fellow. ^[4] Her book, Interdisciplinarity in the making: Models and Methods in Frontier Science , was long listed for the Al-Rodhan Transdisciplinary Philosophy Book Prize. ^[5]

Works

• Interdisciplinary in the Making: Models and Methods in Frontier Science (MIT Press, 2022), ISBN   9780262544665
• Creating Scientific Concepts (MIT Press, 2008), ISBN   0-262-14105-1
• Model-Based Reasoning: Science, Technology, and Values (edited with L. Magnani; Kluwer 2001), ISBN   0-306-47244-9
• Model-Based Reasoning in Scientific Discovery (edited with L. Magnani and P. Thagard; Plenum 1999), ISBN   0-306-46292-3
• Faraday to Einstein: Constructing Meaning in Scientific Theories (Kluwer, 1984, 1990), ISBN   90-247-2997-1

References

1. "Nancy Nersessian". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
2. published, Nancy J. Nersessian (2012-02-09). "Examining How Scientists Think". Live Science. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
3. "Are Engineers Creative Like We Are? | Psychology Today". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
4. "Nancy J. Nersessian". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
5. Weinberg, Justin (2023-08-25). "Al-Rodhan Transdisciplinary Philosophy Book Prize 2023 Longlist (updated with shortlist) - Daily Nous". dailynous.com. Retrieved 2025-07-10.

External links

• https://nancynersessian.com/