Episode Details

Audio recording of an interview with the philosopher and cognitive scientist Jerry Fodor from a few years back. Fodor discusses various approaches and issues in contemporary philosophy of mind. Among other things, he discusses Noam Chomsky's attempt to dissolve the mind-body problem, functionalism and computationalism, David Hume's representationalist and associationist approach, physicalism/materialism, intentionality, the problem of consciousness, creativity, imagination, and the science of the mind.

Uploaded 23-06-21

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00:00 Materialism and Chomsky
03:05 Functionalism
05:18 Hume's Contribution
09:47 Computationalism vs Assocationism
11:39 Rationality and Computation
17:50 Consciousness
19:30 Creativity and Imagination
25:36 Role of Philosophers

#philosophy #philosophyofmind #consciousness #hume #intentionality #historyofphilosophy #mind



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