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Single Idea 2496
[filed under theme 18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 3. Modularity of Mind
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Full Idea
Blind children are not, in general, linguistically impaired; not even in their talk about space.
Gist of Idea
Blindness doesn't destroy spatial concepts
Source
Jerry A. Fodor (In a Critical Condition [2000], Ch.13)
Book Ref
Fodor,Jerry A.: 'In Critical Condition' [MIT 2000], p.155
A Reaction
This is offered to demonstrate that spatial concepts are innate, even in the blind. But then we would expect anyone who has to move in space to develop spatial concepts from experience.
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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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2497
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Something must take an overview of the modules
[Fodor]
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2495
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Obvious modules are language and commonsense explanation
[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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2498
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Modules make the world manageable
[Fodor]
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2496
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Blindness doesn't destroy spatial concepts
[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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