Hume Variations

by Jerry A. Fodor

Book Overview

Hume? Yes, David Hume, that's who Jerry Fodor looks to for help in advancing our understanding of the mind. Fodor claims his Treatise of Human Nature as the foundational document of cognitive science: it launched the project of constructing an empirical psychology on the basis of a representational theory of mind. Going back to this work after more than 250 years we find that Hume is remarkably perceptive about the components and structure that a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199264058
• ISBN13: 9780199264056
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"