Topics 1.
Write a short (2-3 pages) paper on one of the following
topics.
This paper is due 8 February, 2005.
1. Give three reasons why cognitive scientists have been inclined to treat thought as computation. Then consider one reason to be suspicious of the strategy. Explain the reason, and critically assess it.
2. Explain two of the following three positions regarding the relation of Ôfolk psychologyÕ to cognitive organization: Fodor's 'language of thought hypothesis', Dennett's instrumentalism, and Churchland's eliminativism. Explain what Ôfolk psychologyÕ is, and which position is, in your view, correct.