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Full Idea
We think in file names.
Gist of Idea
We think in file names
Source
Jerry A. Fodor (LOT 2 [2008], Ch.3 App)
Book Ref
Fodor,Jerry A.: 'LOT 2: the Language of Thought Revisited' [OUP 2008], p.95
A Reaction
This is Fodor's new view. He cites Treisman and Schmidt (1982) for raising it, and Pylyshyn (2003) for discussing it. I love it. It exactly fits my introspective view of how I think, and I think it would fit animals. It might not fit some other people!