Fodor, Jerry

"Reductionism about psychology is both tempting and ultimately misguided."

"Mental causation is real, despite its apparent incompatibility with physicalism."

"The language of thought hypothesis explains how we can think infinite thoughts."

"Understanding minds requires understanding their evolutionary origins."

"Consciousness and intentionality are distinct but related phenomena."

"The problem of other minds persists even after we understand neuroscience."

"Mental representation allows finite creatures to think about infinite possibilities."

"Qualia are not what make experiences private or ineffable."

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

"Psychological laws are not reducible to physical laws."

"Intentionality cannot be eliminated from a complete description of the mind."

"Folk psychology is vindicated by its predictive and explanatory success."

"The mind's rationality is not absolute but bounded by resources."

"Artificial intelligence reveals what is essential about natural intelligence."

"We must respect the integrity of higher-level psychological explanations."

"Mental content is determined by what thoughts are about."

"The unity of science does not require the unity of explanation."

"Thought experiments reveal conceptual rather than empirical truths."

"The explanatory gap between physics and psychology is not merely epistemic."

"Minds are not fundamentally different in kind, but in degree of complexity."

"Understanding requires attribution of beliefs, desires, and intentions."

"The semantic properties of thoughts depend on their origin and function."

"Logic is a guide to rational thought, not a description of actual thinking."

"Mental causation requires rejecting some form of reductionism."

"The cognitive sciences must integrate multiple levels of explanation."

"Intentional states have content that cannot be reduced to physical description."

"Understanding the mind requires both empirical investigation and conceptual analysis."

"The symbol-processing model captures something essential about cognition."

"Psychological explanations cite reasons, not merely causes."

"The rationality of belief is constrained by evidence and inference."