TRAMES 1/2, 3, 1999
Bruno Mölder. Informational atomism versus inferential role semantics
in Jerry Fodor's
University of Tartu
Concepts: Where Cognitive Science Went Wrong
Abstract
This review essay on Jerry Fodor's "Concepts: Where Cognitive Science Went
Wrong" concentrates on Fodor's informational atomism with respect of concepts
and his rejection of inferential role theories of concepts (definition
theory, feature theory and theory-theory). It is argued that Fodor's arguments
against both inferential role semantics and these theories of concepts
are not conclusive and that his own account leaves out the cognitive significance
of concepts.
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