Readings

LOT 2: The Language of Thought Revisited by Jerry Fodor

Jerry Fodor presents a new development of his famous Language of Thought hypothesis, which has since the 1970s been at the centre of interdisciplinary debate about how the mind works. Fodor defends and extends the groundbreaking idea that thinking is couched in a symbolic system realized in the brain. This idea is central to the representational theory of mind (RTM) which Fodor has established as a key reference point in modern philosophy, psychology, and cognitive
science.

Models, Metaphor and Meaning: How Models use Metaphor to Convey Meaning by Joe Danielewicz

This book looks at data modeling for information systems from the perspective of philosophy, semiotics and linguistics. The book starts with a critique of Bill Kent’s classic Data and REalioty and builds on contemporary developments in linguistics.

Metaphor and Thought by Andrew Ortony

This anthology of writings from philosophy of language shows the departure from the classical treatment of metaphor that applied only to figurative language. The articles recognize that metaphor and metonymy are primary conceptual devices for thought and reasoning.