“I hate relativism. I hate relativism more than I hate anything else, excepting, maybe, fiberglass powerboats… surely, surely, no one but a relativist would drive a fiberglass powerboat.”

— Jerry Fodor

Précis of The Modularity of Mind, 1985.
Modularity of Mind (1983)

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American philosopher 1935–2017

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