The elm and the expert :
Fodor, Jerry A.
The elm and the expert : mentalese and its semantics / Jerry A. Fodor. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, �1994. - 1 online resource (xii, 128 pages) : illustrations - Jean Nicod lectures ; 1993 . - Jean Nicod lectures ; 1993. .
"A Bradford book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-128) and index.
If psychological processes are computational, how can psychological laws be intentional? -- Life without narrow content? -- Rabbit redux (or, 'Reference scrutinized') -- Why we are so clever; an epistemological postlude -- Appendix B: Meaning and history.
Written in a highly readable, irreverent style, The Elm and the Expert provides a lively discussion of semantic issues about mental representation, with special attention to issues raised by Frege's problem, Twin cases, and the putative indeterminacy of reference.
English.
0585020515 9780585020518 9780262272889 0262272881
00015994 2693 MIT Press 9780262272889 MIT Press
Content (Psychology)
Intentionalism.
Intentionality (Philosophy)
Psycholinguistics.
PHILOSOPHY--Mind & Body.
Content (Psychology)
Intentionalism.
Intentionality (Philosophy)
Psycholinguistics.
Mind Philosophy
Electronic books.
BF40 / .F63 1994eb
128/.2
The elm and the expert : mentalese and its semantics / Jerry A. Fodor. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, �1994. - 1 online resource (xii, 128 pages) : illustrations - Jean Nicod lectures ; 1993 . - Jean Nicod lectures ; 1993. .
"A Bradford book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-128) and index.
If psychological processes are computational, how can psychological laws be intentional? -- Life without narrow content? -- Rabbit redux (or, 'Reference scrutinized') -- Why we are so clever; an epistemological postlude -- Appendix B: Meaning and history.
Written in a highly readable, irreverent style, The Elm and the Expert provides a lively discussion of semantic issues about mental representation, with special attention to issues raised by Frege's problem, Twin cases, and the putative indeterminacy of reference.
English.
0585020515 9780585020518 9780262272889 0262272881
00015994 2693 MIT Press 9780262272889 MIT Press
Content (Psychology)
Intentionalism.
Intentionality (Philosophy)
Psycholinguistics.
PHILOSOPHY--Mind & Body.
Content (Psychology)
Intentionalism.
Intentionality (Philosophy)
Psycholinguistics.
Mind Philosophy
Electronic books.
BF40 / .F63 1994eb
128/.2