In Critical Condition (Representation and Mind series): Polemical Essays on Cognitive Science and the Philosophy of Mind (Representation and Mind) - Brossura

Fodor, Jerry A.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 026256128X ISBN 13: 9780262561280

Casa editrice: A Bradford Book, 2000

Riassunto

In this book Jerry 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. Several of these essays are published here for the first time. The rest originated as book reviews in the Times Literary Supplement, the London Review of Books, or in journals of philosophy or psychology. The topics examined include cognitive architecture, the nature of concepts, and the status of Darwinism in psychology. Fodor constructs a version of the Representational Theory of Mind that blends Intentional Realism, Computational Reductionism, Nativism, and Semantic Atomism.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Jerry Fodor is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. His many books include In Critical Condition (MIT Press, 1998) and The Elm and the Expert (MIT Press, 1994).

Product Description:

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 constrasts 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. Several of these essays are published here for the first time. The rest originated as book reviews in the "Times Literary Supplement", the "London Review of Books" or in journals of philosophy or psychology. The topics examined include cognitive architecture, the nature of concepts, and the status of Darwinism in psychology. Fodor constructs a version of the representational theory of mind that blends intentional realism, computational reductionism, nativism and semantic atomism.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: A Bradford Book
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 026256128X
• ISBN 13: 9780262561280
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 234