Full Idea
If there is a community of computers living in my head, there had also better be somebody who is in charge; and, by God, it had better be me.
Gist of Idea
If I have a set of mental modules, someone had better be in charge of them!
Source
Jerry A. Fodor (In a Critical Condition [2000], Ch.17)
Book Reference
Fodor,Jerry A.: 'In Critical Condition' [MIT 2000], p.207
A Reaction
Dennett quotes this as a quaintly old-fashioned view. I agree quite strongly with Fodor, for reasons that Dennett should like - evolutionary ones. A mind is a useless tool without central co-ordination. What makes my long-term plans? It isn't anarchy!