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In: | Mind & Language, 33, 2018, 4, S. 321-341 |
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Wiley
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Medientyp: | Artikel, E-Artikel |
Umfang: | 321-341 |
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ISSN: |
0268-1064
1468-0017 |
DOI: | 10.1111/mila.12206 |
veröffentlicht in: | Mind & Language |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Kollektion: | Wiley (CrossRef) |
<jats:p>This is a reminiscence and short biographical sketch of the late philosopher and cognitive scientist Jerry Fodor. It includes a summary of his main proposals about the mind: his “Language of Thought” hypothesis; his rejection of analyticity and conceptual role semantics; his “mad dog nativism”; his proposal of mental modules and—by contrast—his skepticism about a computational theory of central cognition; his anti‐reductionist, but still physicalist, views about psychology; and, lastly, his attacks on selectionism. I conclude with some discussion of his idiosyncratic style and of his aesthetic and other interests. An appendix provides some memorable quotes.</jats:p> |