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This collection of new and previously published essays reflects the major research and thought of one of today's preeminent philosophers of mind. The first seven essays are philosophical pieces that focus on mental representation and the foundations of intentionality; they are followed by four psychological essays on cognitive architecture. In his eloquent introduction, Fodor shows how the two areas are thematically united and epistemologically related, highlighting his interest in finding alternatives to holistic accounts of cognitive A. Fodor is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and at the City University of New York Graduate Center | THEORY OF CONTENT and Other Essays JERRY A. FODOR Copyrighted Material BRADFORD BOOKS A THEORY OF CONTENT AND OTHER ESSAYS Jerry A. Fodor This collection of new and previously published essays reflects the major research and thought of one of today s preeminent philosophers of mind. The first seven essays arc philosophical pieces that focus on mental representation and the foundations of intentionality they arc followed by four psychological essays on cognitive architecture. In his eloquent introduction Fodor shows how the two areas irc thematically united and epistemologically related highlighting his interest in finding alternatives to holistic accounts OÍcognitive content. Among the books one should read there arc those one must read. This is another must from Jerry Fodor. A brilliant set of essays chronicling among other things Fodor s development over the past decade of a theory of mental content. Provocative witty challenging and. yes sometimes exasperating Fodor simply cannot be ignored. He is too Rood. Fred Dretske Stanford University Jerry A. Fodor is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and at the City University of New York Graduate Center. The MIT Press Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge Massachusetts 02142 FODTP 0-262-56069-0 Copyrighted Material Third printing 1994 First MIT Press paperback edition 1992 c 1990 Massachusetts Institute of Technolog AD rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means including photocopying recording or information storage and retrieval without permission in writing from the publisher. This book was set in Palatmo by DEKR Corporation and printed and bound Ml the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publicarion Data Fodor Jerry A. A theory of content and other essays by Jerry A. Fodor. p. cm. A Bradford book Includes bibliographical references. ISBN O-262-O613O-9 HB O-262-56O69-O PB 1 Mind Philosophy of. 2 Content .