Modularity of mind is the notion that a mind may, at least in part, be composed of innate neural structures or mental modules which have distinct, established...
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composed of modules. In ecology, modularity is considered a key factor—along with diversity and feedback—in supporting resilience. In nature, modularity may...
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Jerry Fodor (category American philosophers of mind)
of many crucial works in the fields of philosophy of mind and cognitive science. His writings in these fields laid the groundwork for the modularity of...
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Evolutionary psychology (redirect from Environment of evolutionary adaptedness)
poisons, and the kidneys evolved to filter turbid fluids there is modularity of mind in that different psychological mechanisms evolved to solve different...
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relevance to the modularity debate has recently been brought to the fore by Norris, Cutler and McQueen’s (2001) report on the Merge (?) model of speech perception...
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Modularity of Mind, Fodor proposed the Hypothesis of Modest Modularity, stating that input systems such as perception and language are modular, whereas...
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of modularity of mind, but is considered more general in that it does not necessarily entail all the assumptions of Fodorian modularity (e.g., informational...
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as the modularity debate or modularity of mind) has been an ongoing debate for evolutionary psychologists. The modularity of mind or modularity debate...
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Supporters of neuroconstructivism, such as Annette Karmiloff-Smith, argue against innate modularity of mind, the notion that a brain is composed of innate...
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Cognitive module (category Concepts in the philosophy of mind)
resolve cognitive tasks. It is used in theories of the modularity of mind and the closely related society of mind theory and was developed by Jerry Fodor. It...
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part of the body, can handwritten notes become part of the mind? Mind-body dualism: Is the mind distinct from the body? Modularity of mind: Is the mind composed...
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Keith Laws (category Alumni of the University of Cambridge)
Evidence for Modularity of Mind'. He is a Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS), Fellow of the Higher Education...
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2024-05-02. Retrieved 2024-05-04. Robbins, Philip (2017). "Modularity of Mind". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University...
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diagnosis of the causes of human suffering. He argues the modern psychological idea of the modularity of mind resonates with the Buddhist teaching of no-self...
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Phrenology (redirect from Bump of Locality)
JA. (1983) The Modularity of Mind. MIT Press. pp. 14, 23, 131 Simpson, D. (2005) "Phrenology and the Neurosciences: Contributions of F. J. Gall and J...
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Functional specialization (brain) (redirect from Localization of brain function)
Fodor expanded the initial notion of phrenology by creating his Modularity of the Mind theory. The Modularity of the Mind theory indicates that distinct...
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adopts a rugged styling, with extensive use of angular, boxy lines, and was designed with modularity in mind as owners through body builders are able to...
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Meme (redirect from Evolution of an idea)
possibility of incompatibility between modularity of mind and memetics.[citation needed] In their view, minds structure certain communicable aspects of the ideas...
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domain specificity or modularity of mind. Modularity implies that different cognitive faculties may be largely independent of one another, and thus develop...
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Peterborough, Ont., Broadview Press. Fodor, Jerry A. (1983). The Modularity of Mind: An Essay in Faculty Psychology. The MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-56025-9...
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Faculty psychology (category History of psychology)
formulation of phrenology, albeit more implicitly. More recently faculty psychology has been revived by Jerry Fodor's concept of modularity of mind, the hypothesis...
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Modular design, or modularity in design, is a design principle that subdivides a system into smaller parts called modules (such as modular process skids)...
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or "modularity" occurs in the influential book "Modularity of Mind" by philosopher Jerry Fodor. A detailed application of this idea to the case of vision...
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Gen IV engines were designed with modularity in mind, and several engines of the two generations share a large number of interchangeable parts. Gen V engines...
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neuropsychology (see also Localization of brain function, Brodmann's areas, Neuro-imaging, Modularity of mind or Faculty psychology). Polygraph ("lie...
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Language module (section Meaning of a module)
between anatomical modularity, which proposes there is one 'area' in the brain that deals with this processing, and functional modularity that obviates anatomical...
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due to its limited range of intellectual abilities. He cites Jerry Fodor's concept of the modularity of mind in support of cognitive closure. While in...
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Edinburgh Phrenological Society (redirect from Phrenological Society of Edinburgh)
Phrenologists discounted supernatural explanations and stressed the modularity of mind. The Edinburgh phrenologists also acted as midwives to evolutionary...
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From the evolutionary perspective, evolution resulted in variations of the human mind. Natural selection refined these variations based on their beneficence...
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Functional decomposition (category Philosophy of mathematics)
certain level of modularity (i.e., independence or non-interaction). Interactions[clarify] between the components are critical to the function of the collection...
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