Fodor, Jerry

"Mental states are genuinely propositional, not merely neurological."

"Evolution cannot fully explain the content of our thoughts."

"Intentional realism is necessary for understanding the mind scientifically."

"The mind is not merely the brain; it is what the brain does."

"Semantic properties emerge from functional organization and causal history."

"Mental content has aspects that are intrinsic and aspects that are relational."

"The study of language illuminates the structure of human thought."

"Beliefs and desires explain behavior because they represent the world in specific ways."

"Cognitive science reveals that the mind is fundamentally rational."

"Mental representations are the currency of cognitive processes."

"The physical realization of mental states is multiply realizable."

"Consciousness poses unique challenges for a physicalist worldview."

"The productivity of thought requires compositional semantics."

"Mental causation depends on the autonomy of psychological laws."

"Language learning reveals innate constraints on human cognition."

"The intentional stance provides a useful way to predict behavior."

"Mental properties are real properties with real causal powers."

"The architecture of the mind reflects millions of years of evolution."

"Cognitive science must integrate multiple levels of explanation."

"The content of our thoughts depends partly on our history and environment."

"Mental states have truth conditions that make them about the world."

"Understanding the mind requires understanding representation and computation."

"The mind-body problem persists because consciousness seems unique."

"Psychological explanation cannot be reduced to physics and chemistry alone."

"Mental content is determined by both intrinsic properties and external relations."

"The brain implements mental processes, but mental descriptions are not reducible to neural ones."

"Intentionality connects the mind to the world in a fundamental way."

"Cognitive science shows how abstract thought is grounded in physical processes."

"The structure of language reflects the structure of thought."

"Mental states can cause behavior because they represent reasons and goals."