Jerry Fodor Interview on Philosophy of Mind

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Audio recording of an interview with the philosopher and cognitive scientist Jerry Fodor from a few years back. Fodor discusses various approaches and issues in contemporary philosophy of mind. Among other things, he discusses Noam Chomsky's attempt to dissolve the mind-body problem, functionalism and computationalism, David Hume's representationalist and associationist approach, physicalism/materialism, intentionality, the problem of consciousness, creativity, imagination, and the science of the mind. Note, this is a reupload. More details will be added later. 00:00 Materialism & Chomsky03:05 Functionalism05:18 Hume's Contribution09:47 Computationalism vs Assocationism11:39 Rationality & Computation17:50 Consciousness19:30 Creativity & Imagination25:36 Role of Philosophers#philosophy #philosophyofmind #consciousness #hume #intentionality #historyofphilosophy #mind Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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