Hume Variations

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Hume Variations is a philosophical work by Jerry Fodor that critically examines and challenges David Hume’s views on the mind, causation, and cognitive science.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf non-fiction book
philosophical book
addressesQuestion nature of mental causation
relation between folk psychology and cognitive science
status of laws of psychology
author Jerry Fodor NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
critiques Humean account of causation
Humean associationist psychology
radical empiricism about concepts
critiquesWorkOf David Hume NERFINISHED
examines associationism
causal reasoning
cognitive architecture
mental representation
modularity of mind
focusesOn Humean theory of causation
Humean theory of mind
empiricism
genre analytic philosophy
philosophy
hasCentralFigureDiscussed David Hume NERFINISHED
Jerry Fodor NERFINISHED
hasPerspective naturalistic philosophy of mind
intendedAudience advanced philosophy students
cognitive scientists
philosophers of mind
language English
mainSubject David Hume NERFINISHED
causation
cognitive science
philosophy of mind
philosophicalPositionAlignedWith nativism about mental structure
representational theory of mind
philosophicalPositionOpposedTo radical Humean empiricism
philosophicalTradition analytic philosophy
relatedWork The Language of Thought NERFINISHED
The Modularity of Mind NERFINISHED
supportsViewOf computational theory of mind
innateness of some mental structures
usesMethod conceptual analysis
philosophical argumentation

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Jerry Fodor notableWork Hume Variations