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"In addition to his contributions to the philosophy of science,(ref) Fetzer's work on AI and cognitive science has influenced experts in these fields and led to receiving the Medal of University to Helsinki in 1990 (ref) and to presenting a series of Landsdown Lectures at the University of Victoria in November 1992. (ref) He has been instrumental in introducing a theory of mind based upon the theory of signs of Charles S. Peirce (ref), which has provided the foundation for a critique of the history of AI and cognitive science. (ref)  His more recent efforts have extended this approach by exploring its evolutionary ramifications, where lower species exemplify lower grades of mentality and higher higher (ref), while other approaches toward understanding language and mentality are not even consistent with evolution.(ref)

The first ref would be Scientific Knowledge (1981), Philosophy of Science (1993), and to the entry in the, "Hempel, Carl" (2010). The second ref would be to http://www.d.umn.edu/~jfetzer/completecv.html The third ref is http://web.uvic.ca/grs/web_pages/lansdowne_lectures.php: 1.	“Expert Systems and Causal Programming” – a Computer Science Seminar; 2.	“Theoretical Aspects of Auditing” - a Public Administration Seminar; 3.	“Consciousness, Cognition and Connectionism” – a Philosophy Seminar; and 4.	“Mind, Machines and Evolution” – a public evening lecture.

The fourth ref would be to Peirce, C.S. (1896), “The Scientific Attitude and Fallibilism, “ in J. Buchler, (ed.), Philosophical Writings of Peirce. London: London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. 1955, pp. 42-59 and Peirce, C.S. (1985).”Logic as Semiotic: The Theory of Signs,” reprinted in R. Innis (ed.), Semiotics: An Introductory Anthology. Bloomington, IN: Indiana Unirvesity Press, pp.4-23. The fifth ref would be to AI: Its Scope and Limits (1990) and Philosophy and Cognitive Science (2nd ed., 1996). The sixth to "The Philosophy of AI and Its Critique", in Luciano Floridi, ed., The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information (Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2004), pp. 119-134.

The seventh would be to "Evolving Consciousness: The Very Idea!", Evolution and Cognition 8/2 (2002), pp. 230-240 and The Evolution of Intelligence (2007).