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Fodor: Language, Mind and Philosophy Paperback - 2002 - 1st Edition

by Mark J. Cain


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Jerry Fodor is one of the most important philosophers of mind in recent decades. He has done much to set the agenda in this field and has had a significant influence on the development of cognitive science. Fodor's project is that of constructing a physicalist vindication of folk psychology and so paving the way for the development of a scientifically respectable intentional psychology. The centrepiece of his engagement in this project is a theory of the cognitive mind, namely, the computational theory of mind, which postulates the existence of a language of thought. Fodor: Language, Mind and Philosophy is a comprehensive study of Fodor's writings. Individual chapters are devoted to each of the major issues raised by his work and contain extensive discussion of his relationships to key developments in cognitive science and to the views of such philosophical luminaries as Dennett, Davidson and Searle.


This accessible book will appeal to advanced level undergraduate students of philosophy and related disciplines. It will also be of great interest to professional philosophers and cognitive scientists.

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Since the early 1960s Jerry Fodor has been engaged in developing a collection of distinct yet mutually reinforcing positions on a range of related issues and in doing so has set much of the agenda in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science.

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Jerry Fodor is one of the most important philosophers of mind in recent decades. He has done much to set the agenda in this field and has had a significant influence on the development of cognitive science. Fodor's project is that of constructing a physicalist vindication of folk psychology and so paving the way for the development of a scientifically respectable intentional psychology. The centrepiece of his engagement in this project is a theory of the cognitive mind, namely, the computational theory of mind, which postulates the existence of a language of thought. Fodor: Language, Mind and Philosophy is a comprehensive study of Fodor's writings. Individual chapters are devoted to each of the major issues raised by his work and contain extensive discussion of his relationships to key developments in cognitive science and to the views of such philosophical luminaries as Dennett, Davidson and Searle.

This accessible book will appeal to advanced level undergraduate students of philosophy and related disciplines. It will also be of great interest to professional philosophers and cognitive scientists.

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  • Title Fodor: Language, Mind and Philosophy
  • Author Mark J. Cain
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Polity Press, United Kingdom
  • Date 2002-02-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780745624730 / 0745624731
  • Weight 0.83 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.98 x 6 x 0.74 in (22.81 x 15.24 x 1.88 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Modern
  • Library of Congress subjects Fodor, Jerry A
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001040618
  • Dewey Decimal Code 191

About the author

Mark Cain is Leverhulme Special Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham
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