The Language of Thought - A New Philosophical Direction
A New Philosophical Direction
- Editore:
MIT Press
- Collana:
- The Mit Press
- EAN:
9780262527453
- ISBN:
0262527456
- Pagine:
- 272
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione The Language of Thought - A New Philosophical Direction
A philosophical refashioning of the Language of Thought approach and the related computational theory of mind.The language of thought (LOT) approach to the nature of mind has been highly influential in cognitive science and the philosophy of mind; and yet, as Susan Schneider argues, its philosophical foundations are weak. In this philosophical refashioning of LOT and the related computational theory of mind (CTM), Schneider offers a different framework than has been developed by LOT and CTM's main architect, Jerry Fodor: one that seeks integration with neuroscience, repudiates Fodor's pessimism about the capacity of cognitive science to explain cognition, embraces pragmatism, and advances a different approach to the nature of concepts, mental symbols, and modes of presentation.