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Rethinking the language of thought
Author(s) -
Schneider Susan,
Katz Matthew
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
wiley interdisciplinary reviews: cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.526
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1939-5086
pISSN - 1939-5078
DOI - 10.1002/wcs.1155
Subject(s) - focus (optics) , computer science , work (physics) , cognitive science , computational theory of mind , epistemology , data science , psychology , philosophy of mind , engineering , philosophy , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , metaphysics
In this piece, we overview the language of thought (LOT) program, a currently influential theory of the computational nature of thought. We focus on LOT's stance on concepts, computation in the central system, and mental symbols. We emphasize certain longstanding problems arising for the LOT approach, suggesting resolutions to these problems. Many of the solutions involve departures from the standard LOT program, i.e., the LOT program as developed by Jerry Fodor. We close by identifying avenues for future work. WIREs Cogn Sci 2012, 3:153–162. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1155 This article is categorized under: Linguistics > Language in Mind and Brain