Who among the following was likely to be a contemporary of Fodor?
Immanuel Kant
John Stuart Mill
Bertrand Russell
Noam Chomsky
Answer
Noam Chomsky was born in 1928 and Jerry Fodor was born in 1935, so they were likely to be contemporaries. Chomsky is a linguist who is known for his work on transformational grammar and his criticism of behaviorism. Fodor is a philosopher and cognitive scientist who is known for his work on language acquisition and his theory of modularity of mind.
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Which philosophy opposes Fodor's modularity of mind?
How does mainstream linguistics view Fodor's language of thought hypothesis?
Did Jerry Fodor have any other significant influence in philosophy aside from the mind?
What significant turn did Fodor's work encourage in cognitive psychology?
Up until what period was Fodor's work seen as revolutionary?
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