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Single Idea 2498
[filed under theme 18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 3. Modularity of Mind
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Full Idea
Modules function to present the world to thought under descriptions that are germane to the success of behaviour.
Gist of Idea
Modules make the world manageable
Source
Jerry A. Fodor (In a Critical Condition [2000], Ch.13)
Book Ref
Fodor,Jerry A.: 'In Critical Condition' [MIT 2000], p.159
A Reaction
"Descriptions" might be a bold word to use about something so obscure, but this pinpoints the evolutionary nature of modularity theory, to which I subscribe.
The
14 ideas
with the same theme
[theory of separate units of the mind/brain]:
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7845
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When we need to do something, we depute an inner servant to remind us of it
[Proust]
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2491
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Modules have encapsulation, inaccessibility, private concepts, innateness
[Fodor]
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2497
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Something must take an overview of the modules
[Fodor]
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2495
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Obvious modules are language and commonsense explanation
[Fodor]
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2499
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Modules analyse stimuli, they don't tell you what to do
[Fodor]
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2496
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Blindness doesn't destroy spatial concepts
[Fodor]
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2498
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Modules make the world manageable
[Fodor]
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2500
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Babies talk in consistent patterns
[Fodor]
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2507
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Rationality rises above modules
[Fodor]
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2509
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Modules have in-built specialist information
[Fodor]
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22186
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Mental modules are specialised, automatic, and isolated
[Fodor, by Okasha]
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3171
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Children speak 90% good grammar
[Rey]
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3174
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Good grammar can't come simply from stimuli
[Rey]
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4928
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Brain complexity balances segregation and integration, like a good team of specialists
[Edelman/Tononi]
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