Charles Wallis (1992) Asymmetric Dependence and Mental Representation
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Psycoloquy 3(70): Asymmetric Dependence and Mental Representation
ASYMMETRIC DEPENDENCE AND MENTAL REPRESENTATION
Target Article on Fodor-Representation
Charles Wallis
Department of Philosophy
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627
crlw@troi.cc.rochester.edu
Abstract
Fodor's theory of representation cannot account for
obvious cases of misrepresentation as understood by contemporary
theories of psychophysical transduction, feature detection, and
object recognition. Drawing upon Fodor's larger theoretical views
and additional hypotheses makes Fodor's theory even less plausible.
Keywords
color vision, Fodor, mind/body problem, perception,
representation, semantics, sensory transduction, verificationism
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