A Theory of Content and Other Essays
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A Theory of Content and Other Essays is a collection of influential philosophical papers by Jerry Fodor that develops his views on mental representation, content, and the architecture of the mind within cognitive science and philosophy of mind.
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Target entity: A Theory of Content and Other Essays Context triple: [Jerry Fodor, notableWork, A Theory of Content and Other Essays]
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The Meaning of Meaning
The Meaning of Meaning is a seminal 1923 work in semantics and the philosophy of language by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards that explores how language, symbols, and thought are related.
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Against Interpretation and Other Essays
Against Interpretation and Other Essays is a landmark 1966 collection of critical essays by Susan Sontag that helped redefine modern literary and cultural criticism.
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How to Do Things with Words
How to Do Things with Words is a foundational work in 20th-century philosophy of language by J. L. Austin that introduced speech act theory and transformed understandings of how language functions in practice.
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A Theory of Semiotics
A Theory of Semiotics is Umberto Eco’s influential scholarly work that systematically explores the theory of signs, symbols, and meaning in communication and culture.
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E.
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought is a major philosophical work by Dutch philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd that presents his reformational critique of Western theoretical thought and develops his influential modal theory of reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Theory of Content and Other Essays Target entity description: A Theory of Content and Other Essays is a collection of influential philosophical papers by Jerry Fodor that develops his views on mental representation, content, and the architecture of the mind within cognitive science and philosophy of mind.
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A.
The Meaning of Meaning
The Meaning of Meaning is a seminal 1923 work in semantics and the philosophy of language by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards that explores how language, symbols, and thought are related.
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B.
Against Interpretation and Other Essays
Against Interpretation and Other Essays is a landmark 1966 collection of critical essays by Susan Sontag that helped redefine modern literary and cultural criticism.
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C.
How to Do Things with Words
How to Do Things with Words is a foundational work in 20th-century philosophy of language by J. L. Austin that introduced speech act theory and transformed understandings of how language functions in practice.
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D.
A Theory of Semiotics
A Theory of Semiotics is Umberto Eco’s influential scholarly work that systematically explores the theory of signs, symbols, and meaning in communication and culture.
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E.
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought is a major philosophical work by Dutch philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd that presents his reformational critique of Western theoretical thought and develops his influential modal theory of reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| about |
cognitive architecture
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intentionality ⓘ modularity of mind ⓘ naturalistic theories of mental content ⓘ philosophy of psychology ⓘ psychosemantics ⓘ representational theory of mind ⓘ semantics of mental states ⓘ |
| author | Jerry Fodor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| describedBySource | collection of influential philosophical papers by Jerry Fodor that develops his views on mental representation, content, and the architecture of the mind within cognitive science and philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| field |
cognitive science
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philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
cognitive science literature
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philosophy of language literature ⓘ philosophy of mind literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthorPhilosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatusIn | analytic philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
analytic philosophy of psychology
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contemporary philosophy of mind ⓘ debates about naturalizing intentionality ⓘ theories of mental representation in cognitive science ⓘ |
| hasNotablePhilosophicalTheme |
causal theories of content
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critique of alternative theories of content ⓘ defense of a computational theory of mind ⓘ explanatory role of mental representation ⓘ information-theoretic accounts of content ⓘ naturalization of mental content ⓘ relation between cognitive science and philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| hasPart | essay ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Jerry Fodor's earlier work on mental representation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
architecture of the mind
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cognitive science ⓘ content ⓘ mental representation ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| philosophicalPerspective |
computationalist
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physicalist ⓘ representationalist ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Psychosemantics
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The Language of Thought ⓘ The Modularity of Mind ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
advanced students of philosophy of mind
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cognitive scientists interested in mental representation ⓘ professional philosophers ⓘ |
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