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Single Idea 2497
[filed under theme 18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 3. Modularity of Mind
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Full Idea
It is not plausible that the mind could be made only of modules; one does sometimes manage to balance one's checkbook, and there can't be an innate, specialized intelligence for doing that.
Gist of Idea
Something must take an overview of the modules
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
I agree strongly with this. My own mind strikes me as being highly modular, but as long as I am aware of the output of the modules, I can pass judgement. The judger is more than a 'module'.
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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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