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   Jerry Alan Fodor (/ ˈ f oʊ d ər /; 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.

   • Awards: Jean Nicod Prize (1993)
   • Institutions: Rutgers University

   • Doctoral advisor: Hilary Putnam

2. iep.utm.edu › fodorFodor, Jerry | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   A comprehensive overview of the life and work of Jerry Fodor, one of the most influential philosophers of mind of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Learn about his views on physicalism, functionalism, mental architecture, mental states, mental content, mental language, and more.

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   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.

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   • It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Jerry Fodor. The world’s leading philosopher of mind, Jerry was at the forefront of the cognitive revolution, and a founder of the Rutgers Cognitive Science Center (RuCCS). Please click here for more info about the conference RuCCS is organizing in honor of his memory on May 16 and 17, 2019.

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   What did Jerry Fodor write?

   • Fodor, Jerry (1974) “Special Sciences (Or: The Disunity of Science as a Working Hypothesis)” Synthese 28:97-115. Fodor, Jerry (1975) The Language of Thought. New York: Crowell. Fodor, Jerry (1980) “Methodological Solipsism Considered as a Research Strategy in Cognitive Psychology,” Behavioral and Brain Sciences 3: 63-109.

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   Is Jerry Fodor Jewish?

   • At the time of his death in 2017, he held the position of State of New Jersey Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Rutgers University, and had taught previously at the City University of New York Graduate Center and MIT . Jerry Fodor was born in New York City on April 22, 1935, and was of Jewish descent.

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   • Fodor draws on the work of Noam Chomsky to both model his theory of the mind and to refute alternative architectures such as connectionism. Systematicity in natural languages was explained by Chomsky in terms of two more basic concepts: productivity and compositionality .

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5. www.rutgers.edu › news › obituary-jerry-fodorObituary: Jerry Fodor, Rutgers University Philosopher ...

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   Dec 1, 2017 · Jerry Fodor, a prominent and influential philosopher of mind and cognitive scientist, died at his home in New York City on November 29, 2017. He was known for his language-of-thought theory, his modularity hypothesis, and his critique of Noam Chomsky's linguistic views. He also wrote influential books and articles on linguistics, psychology, and philosophy.

6. www.nytimes.com › 2017/11/30 › obituariesJerry A. Fodor, Philosopher Who Plumbed the Mind’s Depths ...

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   Nov 30, 2017 · By Margalit Fox. 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...

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8. www.theguardian.com › dec › 06Jerry Fodor obituary | Philosophy books | The Guardian

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   Dec 6, 2017 · Wed 6 Dec 2017 12.09 EST. Last modified on Thu 21 Dec 2017 17.00 EST. The philosopher Jerry Fodor, who has died aged 82, was the leading exponent of the philosophy of mind in a period when it...

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   Jerry Fodor’s Enduring Critique of Neo-Darwinism (The New Yorker) Fodor was voted the most influential philosopher of mind since World War II. The London Review of Books ; The Man Who Hated Relativism by Geoffrey Pullum; Jerry Fodor, philosopher of the mind and cognitive psychologist: the possibility of a scientific psychology by José E ...