LOT (Language of Thought)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/LOT_(Language_of_Thought)
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:logic
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Language_of_Thought_Hypothesis
gptkbp:criticizedFor connectionism
embodied cognition
gptkbp:debatedBy philosophy of psychology
cognitive science literature
gptkbp:describes mental representation
mental computation
gptkbp:field cognitive science
philosophy of mind
gptkbp:hasConcept thought has a linguistic structure
mental representations are structured like a language
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label LOT (Language of Thought)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:classical_AI
cognitive architecture theories
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Noam_Chomsky
gptkb:computational_theory_of_mind
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Jerry_Fodor
thoughts are sentences in the mind
mental processes are computations over mental representations
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:The_Language_of_Thought_(1975)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:symbolic_AI
gptkb:mentalese
gptkb:representational_theory_of_mind
gptkbp:supports gptkb:compositionality_of_thought
systematicity of thought
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jerry_A._Fodor
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6