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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 6. Inference in Perception

2465	Maybe explaining the mechanics of perception will explain the concepts involved [Fodor]
	Full Idea: Why mightn't fleshing out the standard psychological account of perception itself count as learning what perceptual justification amounts to?
	From: Jerry A. Fodor (In a Critical Condition [2000], Ch. 1)

12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism

2504	Rationalism can be based on an evolved computational brain with innate structure [Fodor]
	Full Idea: Pinker's rationalism involves four main ideas: mind is a computational system, which is massively modular with a lot of innate structure resulting from evolution.
	From: Jerry A. Fodor (In a Critical Condition [2000], Ch.17)

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 2. Associationism

2493	According to empiricists abstraction is the fundamental mental process [Fodor]
	Full Idea: According to empiricists, the fundamental mental process is not theory construction but abstraction.
	From: Jerry A. Fodor (In a Critical Condition [2000], Ch.12)

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 5. Empiricism Critique

2494	Rationalists say there is more to a concept than the experience that prompts it [Fodor]
	Full Idea: That there is more in the content of a concept than there is in the experiences that prompt us to form it is the burden of the traditional rationalist critique of empiricism (as worked out by Leibniz and Kant).
	From: Jerry A. Fodor (In a Critical Condition [2000], Ch.12)