Jerry Fodor Interview on Philosophy of Mind

In this interview, philosopher and cognitive scientist Jerry 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.

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00:00 Materialism & Chomsky
03:05 Functionalism
05:18 Hume's Contribution
09:47 Computationalism vs Assocationism
11:39 Rationality & Computation
17:50 Consciousness
19:30 Creativity & Imagination
25:36 Role of Philosophers

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