The Language of Thought by Jerry A Fodor

The Language of Thought by Jerry A Fodor

In a compelling defense of the speculative approach to the philosophy of mind, Jerry Fodor argues that, while our best current theories of cognitive psychology view many higher processes as computational, computation itself presupposes an internal medium of representation. Fodor’s prime concerns are to buttress the notion of internal representation from a philosophical viewpoint, and to determine those characteristics of this conceptual construct using the empirical data available from linguistics and cognitive psychology.

One of the best books published in the last ten years* Journal of Linguistics *
A marvelous book—richly laced with ideas, subtly argued, and occasionally witty… An attempt to draw out…important consequences of…current attempts in computational cognitive psychology to formulate empirically adequate theories. -- Robert W. Harnish

Fodor, Jerry A.: - Jerry A. Fodor is State of New Jersey Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He is the author of The Mind Doesn't Work That Way: The Scope and Limits of Computational Psychology (MIT Press) and other books.

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ISBN 13	9780674510302
ISBN 10	0674510305
Titel	The Language of Thought
Autor	Jerry A Fodor
Serie	The Language And Thought Series
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Harvard University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	1980-01-22
Seitenanzahl	214
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