The Mind Doesn’t Work That Way
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The Mind Doesn’t Work That Way is a philosophical critique by Jerry Fodor challenging mainstream computational and evolutionary psychology accounts of how the human mind operates.
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ philosophy of mind book ⓘ |
| argues |
that central cognition is not modular
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that evolutionary psychology overgeneralizes from modular input systems ⓘ that global properties of belief fixation resist modular explanation ⓘ that human reasoning cannot be fully captured by current computational models ⓘ |
| author | Jerry Fodor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buildsOn | The Modularity of Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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United States
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| criticizes |
evolutionary psychology accounts of the mind
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mainstream computational psychology ⓘ massively modular models of cognition ⓘ strong adaptationist explanations of cognition ⓘ |
| field |
cognitive science
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philosophy of cognitive science ⓘ |
| genre |
cognitive science
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philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | critical of mainstream cognitive science ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
cognition
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mind ⓘ rational inference ⓘ scientific explanation of the mind ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Noam Chomsky
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cognitive psychology ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
cognitive architecture
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computational theory of mind ⓘ evolutionary psychology ⓘ global cognitive processes ⓘ mental representation ⓘ modularity of mind ⓘ rationality ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
cognitive scientists
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philosophers of mind ⓘ psychologists ⓘ students of philosophy of mind ⓘ |
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