Conceptual Atomism and the Computational Theory of Mind: A defense of content-internalism and semantic externalism (Advances in Consciousness Research)

Conceptual Atomism and the Computational Theory of Mind......Page 2
Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
I. A defense of content-internalism anda descriptivist theory of concepts......Page 12
1. Basic concepts......Page 14
2. The predicative nature of sense-perception......Page 36
3. Uniquely individuating descriptions......Page 52
4. Some semantic consequences or our analysis: Tokens versus types, semantics versus pre-semantics......Page 80
5. Modality, intensionality, and a posteriori necessity......Page 108
6. Cognitive maps and causal connections: Why the causal story is an important part ofthe descriptive story......Page 120
7. Concepts as knowledge of seriesof interlocking existence-claims......Page 134
8. The problem of de re senses......Page 140
9. Publicity problems and the natureof linguistic communication......Page 164
10. Content-externalism and self-knowledge......Page 174
11. Why one’s mental content is fixed by one’s epistemic situation......Page 192
12. Jackson and Pettit on program-causalityand content-externalism......Page 200
II. Fodor, Conceptual Atomism, and Computationalism......Page 226
13. Content-externalism and atomism......Page 228
14. The concept of a symbol......Page 272
15. Event-causation and the root-problem with CTM......Page 296
16. Fodor’s first argument for conceptual atomism......Page 304
17. Fodor’s second argument forconceptual atomism......Page 326
18. Fodor’s third argument forconceptual atomism......Page 338
19. Some arguments for the Symbolic Conception of Thought......Page 408
20. A positive argument against SCT......Page 420
21. Another argument against SCT......Page 430
22. Propositional structure and the ineliminability of non-conceptual content......Page 440
23. Conceptual content and the structure of the proposition......Page 454
24. Peacocke on concept-possession......Page 478
25. Semantics versus psychology......Page 494
Conclusion......Page 518
Bibliography......Page 520
Index......Page 528
The series Advances in Consciousness Research......Page 536