Jerry A. Fodor
At a glance:
- Series: World Philosophers and Their Works
- Categories: Philosophy, Literature, Publishing, Language, Linguistics, Philology
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Philosophers, Teaching, Teachers
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
Article abstract: Attempting to vindicate people’s commonsense psychological views, Fodor provided a staunch defense of a representational theory of mind and the language of thought that such a theory presupposes.
Early Life
After an undergraduate education at Columbia University in New York City, Jerry A. Fodor received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1960. He began his academic career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1959, first as an instructor and then, in 1961, as an assistant professor. Around that time, he also...
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