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      Lot 2: The Language of Thought Revisited

      Jerry Fodor

      Jerry A. Fodor presents a new development of his famous Language of Thought hypothesis, the idea that thinking is couched in a symbolic system realized in the brain; since the…

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      The Language of Thought

      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…

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      The Modularity of Mind

      Jerry A. Fodor

      This study synthesizes current information from the various fields of cognitive science in support of a new and exciting theory of mind.

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      Psychosemantics: The Problem of Meaning in the Philosophy of Mind

      Jerry A. Fodor

      Psychosemantics explores the relation between commonsense psychological theories and problems that are central to semantics and the philosophy of language.

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      The Elm and the Expert: Mentalese and Its Semantics

      Jerry A. Fodor

      This work examines semantic issues about mental representation, discussing issues raised by Frege’s problem, twin cases and the putative indeterminancy of reference. It extends the author’s view of the relation…

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      Concepts: Where Cognitive Science Went Wrong

      Jerry A. Fodor

      Presents a theory of the basic constituents of thought. This accessible study suggests that the heart of a cognitive science is its theory of concepts, and that cognitive scientists have…

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      Concepts: Where Cognitive Science Went Wrong

      Jerry A. Fodor

      An investigation of thought, awareness, understanding and associated workings of the mind in relation to concepts , what concepts have to be and the demise of definitions. This volume is…

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      Hume Variations

      Jerry A. Fodor

      David Hume’s Treatise of Human Nature is claimed as the foundational document of cognitive science. This book examines his account of cognition and how it is grounded in his ‘theory…

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      Compositionality Papers

      Jerry Fodor and Ernie Lepore have produced a series of essays on issues relating to compositionality in language and mind; they have now revised them all for publication together in…

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      Hume Variations

      Jerry A. Fodor

      Jerry Fodor claims Hume’s Treatise of Human Nature as the foundational document of cognitive science, showing how it launched the project of constructing an empirical psychology on the basis of…

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      LOT 2: The Language of Thought Revisited

      Jerry A. Fodor (Rutgers University)

      Jerry Fodor presents a new development of his famous Language of Thought hypothesis, the idea that thinking is couched in a symbolic system realized in the brain; since the 1970s…

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      Compositionality Papers

      This is a selection of essays on issues relating to compositionality in language and mind. Compositionality is the following aspect of a system of representation - the complex symbols in…

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      Minds without Meanings: An Essay on the Content of Concepts

      Jerry A. Fodor (Professor),Zenon W. Pylyshyn (Rutgers University - New Brunswick)

      Two prominent thinkers argue for the possibility of a theory of concepts that takes reference to be concepts’ sole semantic property.

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      Holism: A Shopper’s Guide

      Jerry Fodor,Ernest LePore

      The main question addressed in this book is whether individuation of the contents of thoughts and linguistic expressions is inherently holistic. The authors consider the arguments that are alleged to…

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      A Theory of Content and Other Essays

      Jerry A. Fodor

      A collection of new and previously published essays which reflect the research and thought of Jerry Fodor. The book contains seven philosophical pieces that focus on mental representation and the…

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      What Darwin Got Wrong

      Jerry Fodor,Professor of Cognitive Science Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini (Department of Linguistics University of Arizona)

      With a new afterword –P. [1] of cover.

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