A Theory of Content and Other Essays

Jerry A. Fodor (Professor), R L. Kosut, Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi (Northwestern University)

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English

MIT Press
08 October 1992

Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Philosophy of mind; Cognition & cognitive psychology

Series: Representation and Mind series

This collection of new and previously published essays reflects the major research and thought of one of today's preeminent philosophers of mind.

This collection of new and previously published essays reflects the major research and thought of one of today's preeminent philosophers of mind. The first seven essays are philosophical pieces that focus on mental representation and the foundations of intentionality; these are followed by four psychological essays on cognitive architecture. In his eloquent introduction Fodor shows how the two areas are thematically united and epistemologically related, highlighting his concern in finding alternatives to holistic accounts of mental content. Fodor's philosophical essays develop an informational view of semantics that offers the possibility of atomism about meaning; his psychological essays present a modular view of cognitive architecture that offers the possibility of atomism about perception. These ideas, he points out, are joined in epistemology in way that the books last essay begins to explore. Taken together, the essays represent Fodor's lively attempt to knock the underpinnings from the currently popular relativism to show that the arguments for semantic and psychological holism are insubstantial and that important alternatives exist to be explored.

By: Jerry A. Fodor (Professor)
Edited by: R L. Kosut, Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi (Northwestern University)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9780262560696
ISBN 10: 0262560690
Series: Representation and Mind series
Pages: 286
Publication Date: 08 October 1992
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 A Theory of Content and Other Essays

Among the books one should read, there are those one must read. This is another must from Jerry Fodor. A brilliant set of essays chronicling (among other things) Fodor s development over the past decade of a theory of mental content. Provocative, witty, challenging and, yes, sometimes exasperating, Fodor simply cannot be ignored He is too good Fred Dretske , Stanford University