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Jerry Alan Fodor (/ ˈ f oʊ d ər / FOH-dər; April 22, 1935 – November 29, 2017) was an American philosopher and the author of many crucial works in the fields of philosophy of mind and cognitive science.
Jerry Fodor was one of the most important philosophers of mind of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. In addition to exerting an enormous influence on virtually all parts of the literature in the philosophy of mind since 1960, Fodor’s work had a significant impact on the development of the cognitive sciences.
Nov 30, 2017 · Jerry A. Fodor, one of the world’s foremost philosophers of mind, who brought the workings of 20th-century computer technology to bear on ancient questions about the structure of human...
May 28, 2019 · In the 1970s, LOTH underwent a dramatic revival. The watershed was publication of Jerry Fodor’s The Language of Thought (1975). Fodor argued abductively: our current best scientific theories of psychological activity postulate Mentalese; we therefore have good reason to accept that Mentalese exists.
Dec 1, 2017 · Renowned Rutgers scholar Jerry Fodor, typically seen as one of the most important and influential philosophers of mind of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, died November 29 at his home in New York City after a long illness.
The death of Jerry Fodor at the age of 82 was a great loss to philosophy in more ways than one. As a professional philosopher he managed to combine a clear-eyed commitment to the highest standards of argument and clarity with the sheer sense of the fun of engaging in philosophy and arguing for what one believes.
Dec 5, 2017 · In memoriam: Jerry Fodor. We note, with sadness, the passing of Jerry A. Fodor on Nov. 29. Fodor was one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century and a giant in philosophical debates about the nature of the mind, concepts, and language.
