Minds Without Meanings: An Essay on the Content of Concepts

by Jerry A. Fodor, Zenon W Pylyshyn, Zenon W. Pylyshyn

Book Overview

Two prominent thinkers argue for the possibility of a theory of concepts that takes reference to be concepts' sole semantic property.

In cognitive science, conceptual content is frequently understood as the "meaning" of a mental representation. This position raises largely empirical questions about what concepts are, what form they take in mental processes, and how they connect to the world they are about. In Minds without Meaning,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262529815
• ISBN13: 9780262529815
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher