Essays about: "Jerry Fodor"

Found 3 essays containing the words Jerry Fodor.

  1. 1. A Critique of the Learning Brain

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofi

    Author : Joakim Olsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Learning Brain; Learning; Cognitivism; Representational Theory of Mind; Computational Theory of Mind; Mentalism; Mind-Brain Identity; Computer Analogy; Scientism; Anthropological Holism; Enactivism; Intentionality; Intentional Action; Phenomenology; Philosophy of Mind; Cognitive Science; Capabilities; Practical Knowledge; Bildung; Wolf Singer; Kurt W. Fischer; Jerry Fodor; Vincent Descombes; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Elizabeth Anscombe; Evan Thompson;

    Abstract : The guiding question for this essay is: who is the learner? The aim is to examine and criticize one answer to this question, sometimes referred to as the theory of the learning brain, which suggests that the explanation of human learning can be reduced to the transmitting and storing of information in the brain’s formal and representational architecture, i.e. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Modularity Theses. The main versions, the problems, and what might be done (Modularitetsteserna: De huvudsakliga versionerna, problemen och vad som skulle kunna göras)

    University essay from IT-universitetet i Göteborg/Tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : Niklas Rydberg; [2013-09-17]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This paper is about mental architecture. Its main purpose is to examine claims that the internal organisation of the mind is modular either to a modest extent or to a massive extent, respectively. READ MORE

  4. 3. Language and The Language of Thought- A linguistic perspective on the philosophy of Fodor

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Teoretisk filosofi

    Author : Johan Blomberg; [2007]
    Keywords : folk psychology; Fodor; Jerry A; philosophy; language; linguistics; Systematic philosophy; ethics; aesthetics; metaphysics; epistemology; ideology; Systematisk filosofi; etik; estetik; metafysik; kunskapsteori; ideologi; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : The status of folk psychology and its concepts has come under scrutiny in contemporary philosophy of mind and psychology (cf. Ryle 1949; Nisbett and Wilson 1977; Churchland 1986; Dennett 1987, 1991). READ MORE