Psychosemantics
The Problem of Meaning in the Philosophy of Mind
$70.86
- Paperback
189 pages
- Release Date
7 September 1989
Summary
Psychosemantics explores the relation between commonsense psychological theories and problems that are central to semantics and the philosophy of language. Building on and extending Fodor’s earlier work it puts folk psychology on firm theoretical ground and rebuts externalist, holist, and naturalist threats to its position.This book is included in the series Explorations in Cognitive Science, edited by Margaret A. Boden.A Bradford Book.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262560528 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262560526 |
| Author: | Jerry A. Fodor |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 189 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 7 September 1989 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Explorations in Cognitive Science |
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”(Fodor’s) aim in this book is to protect folk psychology, as a solid basis for mental science, from a range of objections that have been brought against it in recent years, mainly by philosophers. He does so with verve, clarity and wit, generally getting the better of his revisionary opponents. The book is vintage Fodor: clever, stimulating, challenging, infuriating.” Colin McGinn, Nature
About The Author
Jerry A. Fodor
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.
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