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| author | Bernardo Aguilera |
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| contents | INFORMATION AND SUSTAINING MECHANISMS IN FODOR’S THEORY OF CONTENT Bernardo Aguilera Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) reference mental symbols asymmetric dependence theory computational theory of mind Informational approach to content According to Fodor’s informational approach, mental symbols have content by virtue of standing in certain nomic relations with their referents. ese relations are sustained by computational mechanisms which enable the causal route linking mental symbols with the world. Fodor claims, however, that specifying the structure of those sustaining mechanisms is irrelevant for a theory of content. is paper argues that, on the contrary, without an account of the computational constraints under which those mechanisms operate, Fodor’s theory is at best incomplete, and incapable of explaining what makes us the only known computing machine capable of bearing mental symbols so far. Keywords: 2016 artículo científico 0716-498X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=65051052002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=650 Universum. Revista de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales application/pdf Universidad de Talca Universum. Revista de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (Chile) Num.2 Vol.31 |
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| language | en |
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| publisher | Universidad de Talca |
| spellingShingle | INFORMATION AND SUSTAINING MECHANISMS IN FODOR’S THEORY OF CONTENT Bernardo Aguilera Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) reference mental symbols asymmetric dependence theory computational theory of mind Informational approach to content INFORMATION AND SUSTAINING MECHANISMS IN FODOR’S THEORY OF CONTENT Bernardo Aguilera Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) reference mental symbols asymmetric dependence theory computational theory of mind Informational approach to content According to Fodor’s informational approach, mental symbols have content by virtue of standing in certain nomic relations with their referents. ese relations are sustained by computational mechanisms which enable the causal route linking mental symbols with the world. Fodor claims, however, that specifying the structure of those sustaining mechanisms is irrelevant for a theory of content. is paper argues that, on the contrary, without an account of the computational constraints under which those mechanisms operate, Fodor’s theory is at best incomplete, and incapable of explaining what makes us the only known computing machine capable of bearing mental symbols so far. Keywords: 2016 artículo científico 0716-498X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=65051052002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=650 Universum. Revista de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales application/pdf Universidad de Talca Universum. Revista de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (Chile) Num.2 Vol.31 |
| title | INFORMATION AND SUSTAINING MECHANISMS IN FODOR’S THEORY OF CONTENT |
| topic | Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) reference mental symbols asymmetric dependence theory computational theory of mind Informational approach to content |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=65051052002 |