--- abstract: 'Chiappe and Kukla argue that relevance theory fails to solve the frame problem as defined by Fodor. They are right. They are wrong, however, to take Fodor’s frame problem too seriously. Fodor’s concerns, on the other hand, even though they are wrongly framed, are worth addressing. We argue that Relevance thoery helps address them.' altloc: - http://www.dan.sperber.com chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: 'D. L. Chiappe and A. Kukla, "Context selection and the frame problem" (Commentary on Dan Sperber and Deirdre Wilson (1987) Précis of _Relevance: Communication and cognition. BBS 10: 697-754); Behavioral and Brain Sciences (1996) 19, 529-530.' confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Sperber given: Dan honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Wilson given: Deirdre honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 1996-09 date_type: published datestamp: 2002-01-08 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/20/04 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: - family: Harnad given: Stevan honourific: '' lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 2004 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/text_html.png;/2004/1/frame.htm full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'dan sperber, cognition, communication, culture, frame problem, jerry fodor, philosophy of mind, pragmatics, relevance, relevance theory"' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:52 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 3 pagerange: 530-532 pubdom: FALSE publication: Behavioral and Brain Sciences publisher: Cambridge University Press refereed: TRUE referencetext: | Fodor, J.A. (1987). Modules, frames, fridgeons, sleeping dogs and the music of the spheres. In The robot's dilemma: The frame problem in artificial intelligence. ed. Z. Pylyshyn. Norwood, NJ: Ablex. Hayes, P.J. (1987). What the frame problem is and isn't. In The robot's dilemma: The frame problem in artificial intelligence. Ed. Z. Pylyshyn. Norwood, NJ: Ablex. McCarthy, J. & Hayes, P.J. (1969). Some philosophical problems from the standpoint of artificial intelligence. In Machine intelligence 4. Eds B. Meltzer & D. Michie, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Pylyshyn, Z. (ed) (1987). The robot's dilemma: The frame problem in artificial intelligence. Norwood, NJ: Ablex. Sperber, D. (1994). The modularity of thought and the epidemiology of representations. In L. A. Hirschfeld & S. A. Gelman (eds), Mapping the Mind: Domain specificity in cognition and culture, New York: Cambridge University Press. Sperber, D. & Wilson, D. (1986). Relevance: Communication and cognition. Oxford: Blackwell. Sperber, D. & Wilson, D. (1987). Precis of Relevance: Communication and cognition. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 10, 697-754. Tooby, J. & Cosmides L. (1992). The psychological foundations of culture. In J. Barkow, L. Cosmides & J. Tooby (eds.) The adapted mind: Evolutionary psychology and the generation of culture. New-York: Oxford University Press. relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 8 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 16:42:19 subjects: - cog-psy - ling-prag - phil-mind succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: Fodor's Frame Problem and Relevance Theory (reply to Chiappe & Kukla) type: journalp userid: 465 volume: 19