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The Modularity of Mind
Book

The Modularity of Mind

MIT Press, 1983
First Edition: 1982 подробнее...

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Editorial Rating

5

Qualities

  • Innovative

Recommendation

This classic in cognitive science has a great deal to say, but an awkward way of saying it. Author Jerry A. Fodor’s style is academic and dense, a potential barrier to all but the most determined, well-prepared reader. Arcane and brilliant, Fodor intersperses colloquial jests with jargon-burdened exposition, leading one to believe that he could have written a book more accessible to the lay reader had he wished to do so. getAbstract.com finds, however, that the book repays the persistent, dedicated reader. The reward is a fascinating exploration of the mind, drawing on the literature of epistemology and psychology, with occasional detours down the rarely explored byways of phrenology.

Take-Aways

  • Behavioral structure is a consequence of mental structure.
  • Noam Chomsky compares mental faculties to physical organs.
  • He posits "horizontal processes," with distinct functions (such as judgment, memory or "information flow") used across different types of content.

About the Author

Jerry A. Fodor is a philosopher who has written numerous books about the philosophy of mind and cognitive science.


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