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- catalog abstract ""Hume? Yes, David Hume, that's who Jerry Fodor looks to for help in advancing our understanding of the mind. Fodor claims his Treatise of Human Nature as the foundational document of cognitive science: it launched the project of constructing an empirical psychology on the basis of a representational theory of mind. Going back to this work after more than 250 years we find that Hume is remarkably perceptive about the components and structure that a theory of mind requires. Careful study of the Treatise helps us to see what's amiss with much twentieth-century philosophy of mind, and to get on the right track." "Hume says in the Treatise that his main project is to construct a theory of human nature and, in particular, a theory of the mind. Hume Variations examines his account of cognition and how it is grounded in his 'theory of ideas'. Fodor discusses such key topics as the distinction between 'simple' and 'complex' ideas, the thesis that an idea is some kind of picture, and the roles that 'association' and 'imagination' play in cognitive processes. He argues that the theory of ideas, as Hume develops it, is both historically and ideologically continuous with the representational theory of mind as it is now widely endorsed by cognitive scientists. This view of Hume is explicitly opposed to recent discussions by critics who hold that the theory of ideas is the Achilles heel of his philosophy and that he would surely have abandoned it if only he had read Wittgenstein carefully." "You don't have to know much about Hume to enjoy this inventively argued, provocative, and stimulating defence of the representational theory of mind - which is looking increasingly hard to resist."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12959169.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Hume? Yes, David Hume, that's who Jerry Fodor looks to for help in advancing our understanding of the mind. Fodor claims his Treatise of Human Nature as the foundational document of cognitive science: it launched the project of constructing an empirical psychology on the basis of a representational theory of mind. Going back to this work after more than 250 years we find that Hume is remarkably perceptive about the components and structure that a theory of mind requires. Careful study of the Treatise helps us to see what's amiss with much twentieth-century philosophy of mind, and to get on the right track." "Hume says in the Treatise that his main project is to construct a theory of human nature and, in particular, a theory of the mind. Hume Variations examines his account of cognition and how it is grounded in his 'theory of ideas'. Fodor discusses such key topics as the distinction between 'simple' and 'complex' ideas, the thesis that an idea is some kind of picture, and the roles that 'association' and 'imagination' play in cognitive processes. He argues that the theory of ideas, as Hume develops it, is both historically and ideologically continuous with the representational theory of mind as it is now widely endorsed by cognitive scientists. This view of Hume is explicitly opposed to recent discussions by critics who hold that the theory of ideas is the Achilles heel of his philosophy and that he would surely have abandoned it if only he had read Wittgenstein carefully." "You don't have to know much about Hume to enjoy this inventively argued, provocative, and stimulating defence of the representational theory of mind - which is looking increasingly hard to resist."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-162) and index.".
- catalog description "Prologue: Old Lamps for New -- 1. Introduction: Hume's Cartesian Naturalism -- 2. Impressions -- 3. Simple Concepts -- 4. Complex Concepts (occasional Wittgensteinians Notwithstanding) -- 5. Imagination -- 6. Conclusion: Hume's Program (and Ours).".
- catalog extent "165 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0199264058".
- catalog isPartOf "Lines of thought".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "128.2 21".
- catalog subject "B1489 .F63 2003".
- catalog subject "Hume, David, 1711-1776. Treatise of human nature.".
- catalog subject "Philosophy of mind.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue: Old Lamps for New -- 1. Introduction: Hume's Cartesian Naturalism -- 2. Impressions -- 3. Simple Concepts -- 4. Complex Concepts (occasional Wittgensteinians Notwithstanding) -- 5. Imagination -- 6. Conclusion: Hume's Program (and Ours).".
- catalog title "Hume variations / Jerry A. Fodor.".
- catalog type "text".