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In critical conditionIn critical condition

In critical condition1998

polemical essays on cognitive science and the philosophy of mind

Jerry A. Fodor

About this book

Doing philosophy, according to Jerry Fodor, is like piloting: The trick is to find an object of known position and locate yourself with respect to it. In this book, Fodor contrasts his views about the mind with those of a number of well-known philosophers and cognitive scientists, including John McDowell, Christopher Peacocke, Paul Churchland, Daniel Dennett, Paul Smolensky, and Richard Dawkins. Fodor constructs a version of the representational theory of mind that blends intentional realism, computational reductionism, nativism, and semantic atomism.

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First published
1998
OL Work ID
OL1891668W

Subjects

Cognitive sciencePhilosophy of mindPhilosophie de l'espritSciences cognitivesPHILOSOPHYMind & BodyFilosofie van de geestCognitieSpeculative PhilosophyPhilosophy & Religion

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