The elm and the expert : mentalese and its semantics / Jerry A. Fodor.

By:

Fodor, Jerry A

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0585020515
9780585020518
9780262272889
0262272881

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Elm and the expert.DDC classification:

128/.2 20

LOC classification:

BF40 .F63 1994eb

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-128) and index.

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English.

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.

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