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The Mind Doesn't Work That Way

Fodor, Jerry A.

Can the computer model of the mind, combined with evolution, explain how we really think, or only a small part of it?

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Author
Fodor, Jerry A.

Why read it

  • You will learn to tell which parts of thinking a computing model explains well and which it leaves out
  • You will test a popular claim about the mind, that evolution built it from many separate parts
  • You will practice checking a confident, popular theory by asking which of its supporting arguments actually hold

Who it is for

  • Readers of cognitive science and philosophy of mind
  • Anyone skeptical that AI explains how people think
  • Students who want a sharp critique to argue with

Contents

  1. Introduction: Still Snowing
  2. Chapter 1: Varieties of Nativism
  3. Chapter 2: Syntax and Its Discontents
  4. Chapter 3: Two Ways That You Probably Can´ t Explain Abduction
  5. Chapter 4 How Many Modules Would You Say There Are?
  6. Chapter 5 Darwin among the Modules
  7. Appendix: Why We Are So Good at Catching Cheaters
  8. Author Index

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