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Fodorian

Fodorian adjective: of or relating to Jerry Fodor, American philosopher and cognitive scientist.

Adjective

Fodorian (comparative more Fodorian, superlative most Fodorian)

  1. Of or relating to Jerry Fodor, American philosopher and cognitive scientist.
    • For, there is a considerably larger epistemic gap between ordinary attitude attributions and their Fodorian truth conditions than between those attributions and their Davidsonian truth conditions.1987, Terence Horgan, “Cognition Is Real”, in Behaviorism, volume 15, number 1, →JSTOR, page 19
    • We are now, I think, entering the third, or Fodorian phase in the vicissitudes of common sense.1988, Keith Campbell, “Philosophy and Common Sense”, in Philosophy, volume 63, number 244, →JSTOR, page 166

Forms of Fodorian

comparativemore Fodorian
superlativemost Fodorian

Origin of Fodorian

From Fodor + -ian.

Questions about Fodorian

What does Fodorian mean?
Fodorian means of or relating to Jerry Fodor, American philosopher and cognitive scientist.
What part of speech is Fodorian?
Fodorian is an adjective.

Words near Fodorian in the dictionary

  1. fodinichnia
  2. fodinichnial
  3. fodinichnion
  4. FODMAP
  5. FODMAPs
  6. Fodorian
  7. fodrin
  8. fodrins
  9. fods
  10. fody
  11. foe

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