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OverviewPsychosemantics explores the relation between commonsense psychological theories and problems that are central to semantics and the philosophy of language. Building on and extending Fodor's earlier work it puts folk psychology on firm theoretical ground and rebuts externalist, holist, and naturalist threats to its position.This book is included in the series Explorations in Cognitive Science, edited by Margaret A. Boden. A Bradford Book. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jerry A. Fodor (Professor)Publisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9780262560528ISBN 10: 0262560526 Pages: 189 Publication Date: 07 September 1989 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews(Fodor's) aim in this book is to protect folk psychology, as a solid basis for mental science, from a range of objections that have been brought against it in recent years, mainly by philosophers. He does so with verve, clarity and wit, generally getting the better of his revisionary opponents. The book is vintage Fodor: clever, stimulating, challenging, infuriating. Colin McGinn, Nature (Fodor's) aim in this book is to protect folk psychology, as a solid basis for mental science, from a range of objections that have been brought against it in recent years, mainly by philosophers. He does so with verve, clarity and wit, generally getting the better of his revisionary opponents. The book is vintage Fodor: clever, stimulating, challenging, infuriating. - Colin McGinn, Nature Author InformationJerry A. Fodor is State of New Jersey Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He is the author of The Mind Doesn't Work That Way- The Scope and Limits of Computational Psychology (MIT Press) and other books. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |