Psychosemantics

The Problem of Meaning in the Philosophy of Mind

Jerry A. Fodor (Professor)

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English

MIT Press
07 September 1989

Psycholinguistics; Semantics; Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism

Series: Explorations in Cognitive Science

Psychosemantics explores the relation between commonsense psychological theories and problems that are central to semantics and the philosophy of language. Building on and extending Fodor's earlier work it puts folk psychology on firm theoretical ground and rebuts externalist, holist, and naturalist threats to its position.

This book is included in the series Explorations in Cognitive Science, edited by Margaret A. Boden.

A Bradford Book.

By: Jerry A. Fodor (Professor)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9780262560528
ISBN 10: 0262560526
Series: Explorations in Cognitive Science
Pages: 189
Publication Date: 07 September 1989
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Inactive

Jerry A. Fodor is State of New Jersey Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He is the author of The Mind Doesn't Work That Way- The Scope and Limits of Computational Psychology (MIT Press) and other books.

Reviews for Psychosemantics: The Problem of Meaning in the Philosophy of Mind

(Fodor's) aim in this book is to protect folk psychology, as a solid basis for mental science, from a range of objections that have been brought against it in recent years, mainly by philosophers. He does so with verve, clarity and wit, generally getting the better of his revisionary opponents. The book is vintage Fodor: clever, stimulating, challenging, infuriating. Colin McGinn, Nature