Tyler's review
The Modularity of Mind by Jerry A. Fodor
Decent book.
Fodor is not known for his reader friendliness (or friendliness at all), but I hear this is one of his milder works. I'm complaining, but so what?
It isn't so bad if you've got a dictionary handy or if you happen to operate on the same intellectual level as Fodor. Most people will find this book very difficult, including myself.
The book is cog-sci classic. Fodor's modularity thesis of the brain tremendously influenced the field. I'm reading it for a class, otherwise I don't think I'd have the patience to stick with it.
Fodor is not known for his reader friendliness (or friendliness at all), but I hear this is one of his milder works. I'm complaining, but so what?
It isn't so bad if you've got a dictionary handy or if you happen to operate on the same intellectual level as Fodor. Most people will find this book very difficult, including myself.
The book is cog-sci classic. Fodor's modularity thesis of the brain tremendously influenced the field. I'm reading it for a class, otherwise I don't think I'd have the patience to stick with it.
