{"product_id":"the-elm-and-the-expert-mentalese-and-its-semantics-paperback","title":"The Elm and the Expert: Mentalese and Its Semantics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJerry A. Fodor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten in a highly readable, irreverent style, \u003ci\u003eThe Elm and the Expert\u003c\/i\u003e provides a lively discussion of semantic issues about mental representation, with special attention to issues raised by Frege's problem, Twin cases, and the putative indeterminacy of reference.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBound to be widely read and much discussed, \u003ci\u003eThe Elm and the Expert\u003c\/i\u003e, written in Jerry Fodor's usual highly readable, irreverent style, provides a lively discussion of semantic issues about mental representation, with special attention to issues raised by Frege's problem, Twin cases, and the putative indeterminacy of reference. The book extends and revises a view of the relation between mind and meaning that the author has been developing since his 1975 book, \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Thought\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a general consensus among philosophers that a referential semantics for mental representation cannot support a robust account of intentional explanation. Fodor has himself espoused this view in previous publications, and it is widespread (if tacit) throughout the cognitive science community. This book is largely a reconsideration of the arguments that are supposed to ground this consensus. Fodor concludes that these considerations are far less decisive than has been supposed. He offers a theory sketch in which psychological explanation is intentional, psychological processes are computational, and the semantic properties of mental representations are referential. Connections with the problem of \"naturalizing\" intentionality are also explored.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe four lectures in \u003ci\u003eThe Elm and the Expert\u003c\/i\u003e were originally delivered in Paris in the spring of 1993 to inaugurate the Jean Nicod Lecture series. The Jean Nicod Lectures are delivered annually by a leading philosopher of mind or philosophically oriented cognitive scientist. The 1993 lectures marked the centenary of the birth of the French philosopher and logician Jean Nicod (1893-1931). The lectures are sponsored by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) as part of its effort to develop the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean Nicod series\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Collins is Associate Professor of Linguistics at New York University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 7.95 x 5.27 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 28, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47411626672306,"sku":"9780262560931","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/9d1a0fcb6bbd5f4f8e893cf87181935c.webp?v=1778304201","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-elm-and-the-expert-mentalese-and-its-semantics-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}