Essays about: "Representational Theory of Mind"
Found 2 essays containing the words Representational Theory of Mind.
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1. A Critique of the Learning Brain
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofiAbstract : 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
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2. Language and The Language of Thought- A linguistic perspective on the philosophy of Fodor
University essay from Lunds universitet/Teoretisk filosofiAbstract : 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