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...

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...

poisons, and the kidneys evolved to filter turbid fluids there is modularity of mind in that different psychological mechanisms evolved to solve different...

Modularity of Mind, Fodor proposed the Hypothesis of Modest Modularity, stating that input systems such as perception and language are modular, whereas...

programming, modularity refers to the compartmentalization and interrelation of the parts of a software package. In software design, modularity refers to...

author of works in the fields of philosophy of mind and cognitive science. His writings in these fields laid the groundwork for the modularity of mind and...

ISBN 978-3-319-08500-5. Robbins, Philip (2017). "Modularity of Mind". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University...

Supporters of neuroconstructivism, such as Annette Karmiloff-Smith, argue against innate modularity of mind, the notion that a brain is composed of innate...

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...

as the modularity debate or modularity of mind) has been an ongoing debate for evolutionary psychologists. The modularity of mind or modularity debate...

history of the genus Homo in the Paleolithic era. Many traits of human intelligence, such as empathy, theory of mind, mourning, ritual, and the use of symbols...

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...

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...

Evidence for Modularity of Mind'. He is a Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS), Fellow of the Higher Education...

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...

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...

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...

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...

possibility of incompatibility between modularity of mind and memetics.[citation needed] In their view, minds structure certain communicable aspects of the ideas...

Philosophy of mind is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of the mind and its relation to the body and the external world. The mind–body problem...

Fodor expanded the initial notion of phrenology by creating his Modularity of the Mind theory. The Modularity of the Mind theory indicates that distinct...

formulation of phrenology, albeit more implicitly. More recently faculty psychology has been revived by Jerry Fodor's concept of modularity of mind, the hypothesis...

domain specificity or modularity of mind. Modularity implies that different cognitive faculties may be largely independent of one another, and thus develop...

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...

Philosophy of Language. Translated by Rodrigo Maltez Novaes. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-1937561659. Fodor, Jerry (1983). The Modularity of Mind. MIT...

between anatomical modularity, which proposes there is one 'area' in the brain that deals with this processing, and functional modularity that obviates anatomical...

From the evolutionary perspective, evolution resulted in variations of the human mind. Natural selection refined these variations based on their beneficence...

termed 'Orientation'. He criticises the tenets of faculty psychology (now known as modularity of mind), arguing that such things as intelligence, morality...

human cognition, and modularity of mind, but has also published on such issues as: the mentality of animals; the nature and status of our folk psychology;...

neuropsychology (see also Localization of brain function, Brodmann's areas, Neuro-imaging, Modularity of mind or Faculty psychology). Polygraph ("lie...