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abstract: This review sketches Fodor's critique of evolutionary psychology and the 'massive modularity' thesis; queries his views on abduction in central processes; and suggests that his pessimism about the scope of computational psychology undermines his realism about folk psychology.
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referencetext: "Jerry Fodor, The Mind Doesn't Work that Way: the scope and limits of computational psychology. MIT Press: 2000."
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title: 'Review of Jerry Fodor, The Mind Doesn’t Work That Way: the scope and limits of computational psychology'
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