LOT, CTM, and the Elephant in the Room.

According to the language of thought (LOT) approach and the related computational theory of mind (CTM), thinking is the processing of symbols in an inner mental language that is distinct from any public language. Herein, I explore a deep problem at the heart of the LOT/CTM program—it has yet to prov...

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Published in:	Synthese Vol. 170; no. 2; pp. 235 - 251
Main Author:	Schneider, Susan
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Sep2009
Subjects:	Psycholinguistics Philosophy of mind Connectionism Fodor, Jerry Conceptualism
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost