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Single Idea 2495
[filed under theme 18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 3. Modularity of Mind
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Full Idea
The best candidates for the status of mental modules are language (the first one, put there by Chomsky), commonsense biology, commonsense physics, commonsense psychology, and aspects of visual form perception.
Gist of Idea
Obvious modules are language and commonsense explanation
Source
Jerry A. Fodor (In a Critical Condition [2000], Ch.13)
Book Ref
Fodor,Jerry A.: 'In Critical Condition' [MIT 2000], p.154
A Reaction
My favourite higher level module is my Personal Assistant, who keeps nagging me to do sundry things, only some of which I agree to. It is an innate superego, but still a servant of the Self.
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14 ideas
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[theory of separate units of the mind/brain]:
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7845
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When we need to do something, we depute an inner servant to remind us of it
[Proust]
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2491
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Modules have encapsulation, inaccessibility, private concepts, innateness
[Fodor]
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2495
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Obvious modules are language and commonsense explanation
[Fodor]
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2498
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Modules make the world manageable
[Fodor]
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2499
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Modules analyse stimuli, they don't tell you what to do
[Fodor]
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2496
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Blindness doesn't destroy spatial concepts
[Fodor]
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2497
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Something must take an overview of the modules
[Fodor]
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2500
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Babies talk in consistent patterns
[Fodor]
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2507
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Rationality rises above modules
[Fodor]
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2509
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Modules have in-built specialist information
[Fodor]
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22186
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Mental modules are specialised, automatic, and isolated
[Fodor, by Okasha]
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3171
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Children speak 90% good grammar
[Rey]
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3174
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Good grammar can't come simply from stimuli
[Rey]
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4928
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Brain complexity balances segregation and integration, like a good team of specialists
[Edelman/Tononi]
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