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Single Idea 2992

[catalogued under 18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 1. Thought]

Full Idea

We are on the verge of solving a great mystery about the mind: how is rationality mechanically possible?

Gist of Idea

We may be able to explain rationality mechanically

Source

Jerry A. Fodor (Psychosemantics [1987], p. 20)

Book Reference

Fodor,Jerry A.: 'Psychosemantics' [MIT 1993], p.20


A Reaction

Optimistic, given that AI has struggled to implement natural languages, mainly because common sense knowledge seems too complex to encode. Can a machine determine logical forms of sentences?