Minds Without Meanings: An Essay on the Content of Concepts by Fodor, Jerry A.

Minds Without Meanings: An Essay on the Content of Concepts

Two prominent thinkers argue for the possibility of a theory of concepts that takes reference to be...
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Author: Jerry A. Fodor
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Minds Without Meanings: An Essay on the Content of Concepts by Fodor, Jerry A.

Minds Without Meanings: An Essay on the Content of Concepts

Dhs. 175.17

Minds Without Meanings: An Essay on the Content of Concepts

Dhs. 175.17
Author: Jerry A. Fodor
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Two prominent thinkers argue for the possibility of a theory of concepts that takes reference to be concepts' sole semantic property.

In cognitive science, conceptual content is frequently understood as the "meaning" of a mental representation. This position raises largely empirical questions about what concepts are, what form they take in mental processes, and how they connect to the world they are about. In Minds without Meaning, Jerry Fodor and Zenon Pylyshyn review some of the proposals put forward to answer these questions and find that none of them is remotely defensible.

Fodor and Pylyshyn determine that all of these proposals share a commitment to a two-factor theory of conceptual content, which holds that the content of a concept consists of its sense together with its reference. Fodor and Pylyshyn argue instead that there is no conclusive case against the possibility of a theory of concepts that takes reference as their sole semantic property. Such a theory, if correct, would provide for the naturalistic account of content that cognitive science lacks--and badly needs. Fodor and Pylyshyn offer a sketch of how this theory might be developed into an account of perceptual reference that is broadly compatible with empirical findings and with the view that the mental processes effecting perceptual reference are largely preconceptual, modular, and encapsulated.



Author: Jerry A. Fodor, Zenon W. Pylyshyn
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 09/02/2016
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780262529815
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
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.

Zenon W. Pylyshyn is Board of Governors Professor of Cognitive Science at Rutgers University. He is the author of Things and Places: How the Mind Connects with the World (MIT Press) and other books.


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