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(1935-2017) Philosopher, author. Jerry A. Fodor was born in New York City and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Jerry A Fodor

Locations

Queens

Author's Timeline


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RESIDENCE

As a child, Dr. Fodor lived in Queens, New York.

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OTHER

Dr. Fodor graduated from Forest Hills High School in Queens, New York.

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OTHER

Dr. Fodor received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Columbia University in Manhattan, New York.

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RESIDENCE

Dr. Fodor had a residence on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York.

1935

BIRTH

Jerome Alan Fodor was born in New York City on April 22, 1935.

1964

LITWORK

The Structure of Language
Prentice Hall
0-13-854703-3
Dr. Fodor edited the book, "The Structure of Language" with Jerrold Katz.

1968

LITWORK

Psychological Explanation
Random House Inc
0394306635 / 978-0394306636
Nonfiction.

1975

LITWORK

The Language Of Thought
Crowell
0690008023 / 978-0690008029
Nonfiction.

1983

LITWORK

The Modularity of Mind
A Bradford Book / MIT Press
0262560259 / 978-0262560252
Nonfiction.

1986

OTHER

Dr. Fodor taught at the City University of New York Graduate Center from 1986 to 1988.

1987

LITWORK

Psychosemantics: The Problem of Meaning in the Philosophy of Mind
MIT Press
0262061066 / 978-0262061063
Nonfiction.

1990

LITWORK

A Theory Of Content and Other Essays
MIT Press
0262061309 / 978-0262061308
Nonfiction.

1994

LITWORK

The Elm and the Expert
MIT Press
0262061708 / 978-0262061704
Nonfiction.

1998

LITWORK

Concepts: Where Cognitive Science Went Wrong
Oxford University Press
0198236379 / 978-0198236375
Nonfiction.

2000

LITWORK

The Mind Doesn't Work That Way
The MIT Press
0262062127 / 978-0262062121
Nonfiction.

2010

LITWORK

What Darwin Got Wrong
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374288798 / 978-0374288792
Nonfiction written by Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini.

2017

DEATH

Jerry A. Fodor died at his home in Manhattan, New York, on November 29, 2017.

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