The Mind Doesn’t Work That Way
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The Mind Doesn’t Work That Way is a philosophical critique by Jerry Fodor challenging mainstream computational and evolutionary psychology accounts of how the human mind operates.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mind Doesn’t Work That Way Context triple: [Jerry Fodor, notableWork, The Mind Doesn’t Work That Way]
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A.
How the Mind Works
How the Mind Works is a popular science book by cognitive scientist Steven Pinker that explores human thought and behavior through the lenses of evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience.
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The Tell-Tale Brain
The Tell-Tale Brain is a popular neuroscience book by V. S. Ramachandran that explores how unusual brain disorders illuminate the neural basis of human perception, self, and consciousness.
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C.
Your Mind Is Not Your Friend
"Your Mind Is Not Your Friend" is a reflective, introspective song by the band First Two Pages of Frankenstein that explores themes of mental health and self-doubt.
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D.
Kinds of Minds
Kinds of Minds is a philosophical work by Daniel Dennett that explores the nature and varieties of consciousness and intelligence across humans, animals, and machines.
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E.
The Believing Brain
The Believing Brain is a popular science book by Michael Shermer that explores how and why humans form beliefs first and then seek evidence to support them, drawing on psychology, neuroscience, and skepticism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mind Doesn’t Work That Way Target entity description: The Mind Doesn’t Work That Way is a philosophical critique by Jerry Fodor challenging mainstream computational and evolutionary psychology accounts of how the human mind operates.
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A.
How the Mind Works
How the Mind Works is a popular science book by cognitive scientist Steven Pinker that explores human thought and behavior through the lenses of evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience.
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B.
The Tell-Tale Brain
The Tell-Tale Brain is a popular neuroscience book by V. S. Ramachandran that explores how unusual brain disorders illuminate the neural basis of human perception, self, and consciousness.
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C.
Your Mind Is Not Your Friend
"Your Mind Is Not Your Friend" is a reflective, introspective song by the band First Two Pages of Frankenstein that explores themes of mental health and self-doubt.
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D.
Kinds of Minds
Kinds of Minds is a philosophical work by Daniel Dennett that explores the nature and varieties of consciousness and intelligence across humans, animals, and machines.
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E.
The Believing Brain
The Believing Brain is a popular science book by Michael Shermer that explores how and why humans form beliefs first and then seek evidence to support them, drawing on psychology, neuroscience, and skepticism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ philosophy of mind book ⓘ |
| argues |
that central cognition is not modular
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that evolutionary psychology overgeneralizes from modular input systems ⓘ that global properties of belief fixation resist modular explanation ⓘ that human reasoning cannot be fully captured by current computational models ⓘ |
| author | Jerry Fodor ⓘ |
| buildsOn | The Modularity of Mind ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizes |
evolutionary psychology accounts of the mind
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mainstream computational psychology ⓘ massively modular models of cognition ⓘ strong adaptationist explanations of cognition ⓘ |
| field |
cognitive science
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philosophy of cognitive science ⓘ |
| genre |
cognitive science
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philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | critical of mainstream cognitive science ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
cognition
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mind ⓘ rational inference ⓘ scientific explanation of the mind ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Noam Chomsky
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cognitive psychology ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
cognitive architecture
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computational theory of mind ⓘ evolutionary psychology ⓘ global cognitive processes ⓘ mental representation ⓘ modularity of mind ⓘ rationality ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
cognitive scientists
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philosophers of mind ⓘ psychologists ⓘ students of philosophy of mind ⓘ |
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Subject: The Mind Doesn’t Work That Way Description of subject: The Mind Doesn’t Work That Way is a philosophical critique by Jerry Fodor challenging mainstream computational and evolutionary psychology accounts of how the human mind operates.
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