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Meaning in Mind: Fodor and His Critics
Barry Loewer
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Paperback. Even in the eyes of many of his critics, Fodor is widely regarded as the most important philosopher of psychology of his generation. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Even in the eyes of many of his critics, Fodor is widely regarded as the most important philosopher of psychology of his generation. With Noam Chomsky at MIT in the 1960s he mounted a strenuous attack on the behaviourism that then dominated psychology and most philosophy of mind, and since then, he has articulated and defended in considerable richness and detail a computational theory of intentional causation that is central to the emerging cognitive sciences. This theory provides a framework both for the resolution of many traditional problems in the philosophy of mind and language, and for actual psychological research ... Read more
Even in the eyes of many of his critics, Fodor is widely regarded as the most important philosopher of psychology of his generation. With Noam Chomsky at MIT in the 1960s he mounted a strenuous attack on the behaviourism that then dominated psychology and most philosophy of mind, and since then, he has articulated and defended in considerable richness and detail a computational theory of intentional causation that is central to the emerging cognitive sciences. This theory provides a framework both for the resolution of many traditional problems in the philosophy of mind and language, and for actual psychological research ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Oxford
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631187011
SKU
V9780631187011
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About Barry Loewer
Barry Loewer is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. Georges Rey is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland.
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