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In Fodor's philosophy, what does the Language of Thought hypothecize about?

  • First language acquisition

  • Using language for communication

  • Understanding foreign languages

  • Mental representation and processing

Answer

The Language of Thought (LOT) hypothesis, which is a hypothesis of mind, was proposed by Jerry Fodor in his book The Language of Thought (1975). LOT is a hypothesis about mental representation and processing. It suggests that mental processes are computations over language-like structures called mental representations.
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