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It's actually a very well trod field at the intersection of philosophy and cognitive science. The fundamental question is whether or not cognitive processes have the structure of language. There are compelling arguments in both directions.

It's dense, but even skimming the SEP article is pretty fascinating: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/language-thought/



> The fundamental question is whether or not cognitive processes have the structure of language.

Well that's easy—some do, some don't.


Wow you read the whole SEP article? So cool. How do you respond to the Connectionist challenge to Fodor's core framework?


There's only one definition of thought on that page so... what are we supposed to compare and discuss?


That's not true. There's a whole section on challenges to that definition. See: 5. The Connectionist Challenge.




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