Jerry Fodor and the Reinterpretation of the Phrenological Model

Cleverson Leite Bastos^1, , Gustavo Luiz Gava² and Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho Vargas³

¹PPGF, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

²Core Human Formation, Positivo Online University, Curitiba, Brazil

³Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

Cite this paper:
Cleverson Leite Bastos, Gustavo Luiz Gava and Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho Vargas. Jerry Fodor and the Reinterpretation of the Phrenological Model. American Journal of Educational Research. 2014; 2(12C):8-10. doi: 10.12691/education-2-12C-3

Abstract

In tentative to support the “vertical tradition” in faculty psychology, Jerry Fodor reached resources in the phrenological model of Franz Gall. Fodor offers a reinterpretation of Gall’s work to demonstrate the emphasis investigative in the study of the mental structures and, indirectly, in the actual memory research, judgment, attention, among others. Jerry Fodor sought to highlight affirmative evidence that hides the phrenology of Gall, correcting and improving the phrenological model to research functional subsystems in the human mind. Deeping this issue, it is understood that the issue of modularity of mind contributed to undertake the current studies on the processes of teaching and learning, departing from the modular model proposed by Gall and Fodor.

Keywords:
Jerry Fodor Franz Joseph Gall modularity of mind cognitive neuroscience philosophy of education

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