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Record 1 1989-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

J.A. Fodor has forcefully argued that a good deal of work in cognition (psychology, AI, linguistics, philosophy of mind) implies or presupposes the existence of a "language of thought" or mentalese. According to him, mental computations, as required for example by language-acquisition, would be carried out in that "private code". Furthermore, the language of thought, though different from any natural language, would share various features with natural languages-particularly as far as its expressive power is concerned.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Système automatique et encapsulé de signes et de symboles organisés dans une combinaison intense. Selon Fodor, il définit l'étendue et la limite de ce qui est concevable par l'esprit humain.

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