Single Idea 2435

[catalogued under 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers]

Full Idea

A psychology that can't make sense of such facts as that mental processes are typically truth-preserving is ipso facto dead in the water.

Gist of Idea

Psychology has to include the idea that mental processes are typically truth-preserving

Source

Jerry A. Fodor (The Elm and the Expert [1993], §1.3)

Book Reference

Fodor,Jerry A.: 'The Elm and the Expert' [MIT 1995], p.9