“第三届中山大学哲学与认知科学国际研讨会”于2011年5月26日~27日在中国广州中山大学南校园召开。本次会议主题是科学中的理论与模型,主要议题和内容包括:从认知观点考察科学理论的结构、模型的实质与功能、科学表征问题、科学中的数学表征、科学中基于模型的推理、溯因认知、跨文化认知研究的学术建模问题。本次会议由中山大学哲学系、意大利帕维亚大学哲学系合作主办;意大利特伦托大学认知科学学院、复旦大学哲 “The Third International Symposium on Philosophy and Cognitive Science of Sun Yat-sen University ” was held on May 26 ~ 27, 2011 in South Campus of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. The topics of this conference are the theories and models in science. The main topics and contents include: examining the structure of scientific theories, the essence and function of models, the problems of scientific representation, the mathematical representations in science, the model-based reasoning in science from the cognitive perspective , Abduction cognition and cross-cultural cognitive research. The conference was co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy of Sun Yat-sen University and the Faculty of Philosophy of Pavia University of Italy; the Faculty of Cognitive Science of Trento University, Fudan University