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| Functional role, philosophy: we speak of a functional role when we do not know exactly what the object is, that fulfills this role, however, we can describe the function and its impact. See also role, function, function analysis._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Jerry Fodor on Functional Role - Dictionary of Arguments
IV 123 Similarity/functional role/causal/association/Hume/Fodor/Lepore: analog: what a mental picture reminds you of does not depend on what role it plays in the mental processes. >Roles, >Association, >Meaning, >Mental states. Hume: the causal role rather depends on what the image is associated with. An idea (imagination) can easily be associated with anything that is consistent with its content. Conclusion: the truth conditions are independent of the causal role. Fodor: Hume is not a functionalist in terms of content. Fodor/Lepore: no one believes today that the content of a representation depends on what it remids someone of. The only exception is connectionism. >Content, >Representation, >Connectionism. IV 124 Representation/Fodor/Lepore: today: representations have functional roles qua constituents of propositional attitudes, "but the content must not metaphysically or conceptually depend on their functional role". >Functional roles. _____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
F/L Jerry Fodor Ernest Lepore Holism. A Shoppers Guide Cambridge USA Oxford UK 1992 Fodor I Jerry Fodor "Special Sciences (or The Disunity of Science as a Working Hypothesis", Synthese 28 (1974), 97-115 In Kognitionswissenschaft, Dieter Münch, Frankfurt/M. 1992 Fodor II Jerry Fodor Jerrold J. Katz Sprachphilosophie und Sprachwissenschaft In Linguistik und Philosophie, G. Grewendorf/G. Meggle, Frankfurt/M. 1974/1995 Fodor III Jerry Fodor Jerrold J. Katz The availability of what we say in: Philosophical review, LXXII, 1963, pp.55-71 In Linguistik und Philosophie, G. Grewendorf/G. Meggle, Frankfurt/M. 1974/1995 |
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