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Jerry Alan Fodor (/ˈfoʊdər/; born 1935) is an American philosopher and cognitive scientist. He holds the position of State of New Jersey Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and is the author of many works in the fields of philosophy of mind and cognitive science in which he has laid the groundwork for the modularity of mind and the language of thought hypotheses among other ideas.

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birth date
1935-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
New York City, New York
era
20th-century philosophy, Contemporary philosophy
influenced
Ernest Lepore
influenced by
Hilary Putnam
main interest
Cognitive science, Cognitivism (ethics), Philosophy of language, Philosophy of mind, Rationalism, Functionalism (philosophy of mind)
notableIdea
Language of thought hypothesis, Modularity of mind
philosophicalSchool
Analytic philosophy

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