Homuncular Functionalism & The Modularity of Mind ...

Homuncular Functionalism!

Philosophical Foundations of Cognitive Science
Benjamin D. Young

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Second Semester (Spring 2013)

Secondary processing measures are useful for what
type of explanation and what can they show about

cognitive capacities?

Functional Role

Functional

Boxology

Teleofunction

The Republic - Book IV

Appetites of the soul
1.  Rational part of the soul
2. Appetite – irrational part
3. Spirit – anger

Individuating Modules

Modularity of Mind

Poverty of the Stimulus Argument

Inferential Complexity







Cognitive Penetrability

Informational Proprietary
Encapsulation Database

Executive
Unit

Proprietary
Format

Fodorian Modules