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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.
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.
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...
Jan 25, 2021 · For Jerry Fodor, Hume’s Treatise of Human Nature is “the foundational document of cognitive science” whose significance transcends mere historical interest: it is a source of theoretical inspiration in cognitive psychology.
Apr 1, 2009 · The concept of modularity has loomed large in philosophy of psychology since the early 1980s, following the publication of Fodor’s landmark book The Modularity of Mind (1983).
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.
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.
Dec 4, 2017 · Mostly, Jerry Fodor was a delight to read, whether encapsulating the contrast between two philosophies of mind within a single sentence of jazzy aplomb, teasing 'Granny' (who embodied those sunk in dogmatic empiricist or Wittgenstinian slumbers) or reviewing the Elton John-Tim Rice version of Aida… 'like processed cheese.'
Jerry Fodor (1935-2017) Daniel Hutto says goodbye to a memorable philosophical sparring partner. Jerry Fodor was forever forecasting and combating a doom-and-gloom return to what he regarded as the dark days of behaviourism in the philosophy of mind.
