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The mind doesn't work that way : the scope and limits of computational psychology / Jerry Fodor.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fodor, Jerry A., author.
- Series:
- Representation and mind
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cognitive science.
- Nativism (Psychology).
- Philosophy of mind.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (126 pages).
- Other Title:
- MIT Press CogNet.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2000]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In this engaging book, Jerry Fodor argues against the widely held view that mental processes are largely computations, that the architecture of cognition is massively modular, and that the explanation of our innate mental structure is basically Darwinian. Although Fodor has praised the computational theory of mind as the best theory of cognition that we have, he considers it to be only a fragment of the truth. In fact, he claims, cognitive scientists do not really know much yet about how the mind works (the book's title refers to Steven Pinker's How the Mind Works).
- Fodor's primary aim is to explore the relationship among nativism, computational and modular theories of mind, and evolutionary psychology. He concludes that although we have no grounds to suppose that most of the mind is modular, we have no idea how nonmodular cognition could work. Thus, according to Fodor, cognitive science has hardly gotten started.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Still Snowing 1
- Chapter 1 Varieties of Nativism 9
- Chapter 2 Syntax and Its Discontents 23
- Chapter 3 Two Ways That You Probably Can't Explain Abduction 41
- Chapter 4 How Many Modules Would You Say There Are? 55
- Chapter 5 Darwin among the Modules 79
- Appendix Why We Are So Good at Catching Cheaters 101.
- Notes:
- "A Bradford book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-126) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Fodor, Jerry A. Mind doesn't work that way.
- ISBN:
- 9780262272902
- 0262272903
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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