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The Language of Thought

by Jerry Fodor · 1980 · 214 pages

Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky

About This Book

Jerry Fodor argues that thinking occurs in an internal medium of representation similar to a language, often called 'Mentalese.' He develops a computational theory of mind where cognitive processes are operations on the syntax of these mental representations. The work serves as a foundational text in the transition from behaviorism to cognitivism.

Genres

Psychology & BehaviorPhilosophyScience & Technology

Topics

Artificial IntelligenceCommunicationConsciousnessCritical ThinkingMental ModelsSystems Thinking

Book Details

Published

1980

Pages

214

Language

en

ISBN

9780674510302

Series

Part 5 of The Language and Thought Series

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