[Wittrs] Re: Neil's meta-comments and Fodor

  • From: "iro3isdx" <xznwrjnk-evca@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:16:32 -0000

--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "jrstern" <jrstern@...> wrote:


> Among his other labels, Fodor is happy as an "intentional realist",
> which he tries (and tries) to square with computational theories
> of mind.


> Fodor's real project, in his 1975 LOT and all of the subsequent
> work, is to explain how these are dual aspects all the way down.

You are right, that Fodor does not succeed.  His approach won't  solve
the "all the way down" part.  But he at least comes closer  than most to
appreciating what is the problem.

Regards,
Neil

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