Modularity in knowledge representation and natural-language understanding /
The notion of modularity, introduced by Noam Chomsky and developed with special emphasis on perceptual and linguistic processes by Jerry Fodor in his important book The Modularity of Mind, has provided a significant stimulus to research in cognitive science. This book presents essays in which a dive...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
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| Summary: | The notion of modularity, introduced by Noam Chomsky and developed with special emphasis on perceptual and linguistic processes by Jerry Fodor in his important book The Modularity of Mind, has provided a significant stimulus to research in cognitive science. This book presents essays in which a diverse group of philosophers, linguists, psycholinguists, and neuroscientists--including both proponents and critics of the modularity hypothesis--address general questions and specific problems related to modularity. |
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| Item Description: | "A Bradford book." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 427 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9780262071055 0262071053 9780262315913 0262315912 9780262570855 0262570858 |
| DOI: | 10.7551/mitpress/4735.001.0001 |