LECTURE12ModularityofMind心灵的模块性1.pptVIP

FURTHER READINGS /entries/modularity-mind/ THE END LECTURE 12 Modularity of Mind 心灵的模块性 INTRODUCTION The concept of modularity has loomed large in philosophy and psychology since the early 1980s, following the publication of Fodors ground-breaking book?The Modularity of Mind?(1983). In the twenty-five years since the term ‘module’ and its cognates first entered the lexicon of cognitive science, the conceptual and theoretical landscape in this area has changed dramatically. Especially noteworthy in this regard has been the development of evolutionary psychology, whose proponents argue that the architecture of the mind is more pervasively modular than the Fodorian perspective allows. Where Fodor (1983, 2000) draws the line of modularity at the low-level systems underlying perception and language, post-Fodorian theorists such as Carruthers (2006) contend that the mind is modular through and through, that is, up to and including the high-level systems responsible for thought. The concept of modularity has also played a role in recent debates in epistemology, philosophy of language, and other core areas of philosophy—further evidence of its utility as a tool for thinking about the mind. THE MOST RELATED PHILOSOPHERS TO THIS TOPIC Jerry Alan Fodor?(born 1935) is an?American philosopher?and?cognitive scientist. He holds the position of?State of New Jersey?Professor of Philosophy at?Rutgers University?and is the author of many works in the fields of?philosophy of mind?and cognitive science, in which he has laid the groundwork for the?modularity of mind?and the?language of thoughthypotheses, among other ideas. He is known for his provocative and sometimes?polemical?style of argumentation. THE MOST RELATED PHILOSOPHERS TO THIS TOPIC Peter Carruthers?(born 16 June 1952) is a?philosopher?in the area ofphilosophy of mind. He is Professor of Philosophy at the?University of Maryland, associate member of?Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Programand member of the?Committee