A Theory of Content and Other Essays
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A Theory of Content and Other Essays is a collection of influential philosophical papers by Jerry Fodor that develops his views on mental representation, content, and the architecture of the mind within cognitive science and philosophy of mind.
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| A Theory of Content and Other Essays canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| about |
cognitive architecture
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intentionality ⓘ modularity of mind ⓘ naturalistic theories of mental content ⓘ philosophy of psychology ⓘ psychosemantics ⓘ representational theory of mind ⓘ semantics of mental states ⓘ |
| author | Jerry Fodor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedBySource | collection of influential philosophical papers by Jerry Fodor that develops his views on mental representation, content, and the architecture of the mind within cognitive science and philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| field |
cognitive science
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philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
cognitive science literature
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philosophy of language literature ⓘ philosophy of mind literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthorPhilosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatusIn | analytic philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
analytic philosophy of psychology
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contemporary philosophy of mind ⓘ debates about naturalizing intentionality ⓘ theories of mental representation in cognitive science ⓘ |
| hasNotablePhilosophicalTheme |
causal theories of content
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critique of alternative theories of content GENERATED ⓘ defense of a computational theory of mind GENERATED ⓘ explanatory role of mental representation GENERATED ⓘ information-theoretic accounts of content GENERATED ⓘ naturalization of mental content GENERATED ⓘ relation between cognitive science and philosophy of mind GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasPart | essay ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Jerry Fodor's earlier work on mental representation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
architecture of the mind
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cognitive science ⓘ content ⓘ mental representation ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| philosophicalPerspective |
computationalist
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physicalist ⓘ representationalist ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Psychosemantics
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The Language of Thought NERFINISHED ⓘ The Modularity of Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
advanced students of philosophy of mind
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cognitive scientists interested in mental representation ⓘ professional philosophers ⓘ |
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