Psychosemantics: The Problem of Meaning in the Philosophy of MindPsychosemantics 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. |
Contents
The Persistence of the Attitudes | 1 |
2 Individualism and Supervenience | 27 |
3 Meaning Holism | 55 |
4 Meaning and the World Order | 97 |
Creation Myth | 129 |
Why There Still Has to Be a Language of Thought | 135 |
Notes | 155 |
References | 169 |
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Other editions - View all
Psychosemantics: The Problem of Meaning in the Philosophy of Mind Jerry A. Fodor Limited preview - 1987 |
Psychosemantics: The Problem of Meaning in the Philosophy of Mind Jerry A. Fodor No preview available - 1989 |
Psychosemantics: The Problem of Meaning in the Philosophy of Mind Jerry A. Fodor No preview available - 1989 |
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