The Modularity of Mind by Jerry A. Fodor

By Jerry A. Fodor

This research synthesizes present details from a number of the fields of cognitive technology in help of a brand new and intriguing thought of brain. so much psychologists research horizontal tactics like reminiscence and knowledge movement; Fodor postulates a vertical and modular mental association underlying biologically coherent behaviors. This view of psychological structure is in line with the old culture of school psychology whereas integrating a computational method of psychological techniques. probably the most striking elements of Fodor's paintings is that it articulates positive factors not just of speculative cognitive architectures but in addition of present learn in synthetic intelligence.

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