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Jerry Fodor

Jerry Fodor
Fodor in 2007
Born
Jerry Alan Fodor

(1935-04-22)April 22, 1935
New York City, US
DiedNovember 29, 2017(2017-11-29) (aged 82)
New York City, US
Alma materColumbia University
Princeton University
AwardsJean Nicod Prize (1993)
Era20th-/21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
InstitutionsRutgers University
ThesisThe Uses of "Use": A Study in the Philosophy of Language (1960)
Doctoral advisorHilary Putnam
Other academic advisorsSidney Morgenbesser
Main interests
Philosophy of mind
Philosophy of language
Cognitive science
Rationalism
Cognitivism
Functionalism
Notable ideas
Modularity of mind
Language of thought
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Jerry Alan Fodor (/ˈfdər/ FOH-dər; April 22, 1935 – November 29, 2017) was an American philosopher and the author of works in the fields of philosophy of mind and cognitive science.[1] His writings in these fields laid the groundwork for the modularity of mind and the language of thought hypotheses, and he is recognized as having had "an enormous influence on virtually every portion of the philosophy of mind literature since 1960."[1] At the time of his death in 2017, he held the position of State of New Jersey Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Rutgers University, and had taught previously at the City University of New York Graduate Center and MIT.

  1. ^ a b Rives, Bradley. "Jerry A. Fodor (1935—2017)". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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