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A metamodule for conceptual integration: Language or theory of mind?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2003

Scott Atran
Scott Atran
Affiliation:
CNRS-Institut Jean Nicod, Paris, France; ISR-University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248 satran@umich.edu
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Abstract

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Those who assume domain specificity or conceptual modularity face Fodor’ Paradox (the problem of “combinatorial explosion”). One strategy involves postulating a metamodule that evolved to take as input the output of all other specialized conceptual modules, then integrates these outputs into cross-domain thoughts. It’ difficult to see whether this proposed metamodular capacity stems from language or theory of mind.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 6 , December 2002 , pp. 674 - 675
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press