Jerry Fodor is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

important, aggressively argued, accessible, witty, irreverent, wide-ranging, provocative and bound-to-be-influential book written in his famous no-niceties, short-from-the-hip style.

• 1. Philosophical Introduction: The Background Theory. ; 2. Unphilosophical Introduction: What Concepts Have To Be. ; 3. The Demise of Definitions, Part I: The Linguist's Tale. ; 4. The Demise of Definitions, Part II: The Philosopher's Tale. ; 5. Prototypes and Compositionality. (Appendix 5A: Meaning Postulates. Appendix 5B: The 'Theory Theory' of Concepts.) ; 6. Innateness and Ontology, Part I: The Standard Argument. (Appendix 6A: Similarity.) ; 7. Innateness and Ontology, Part II: Intentional Laws and Natural Kinds. (Appendix 7A: Round Squares.) ; Bibliography ; Index

Jerry Fodor is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

important, aggressively argued, accessible, witty, irreverent, wide-ranging, provocative and bound-to-be-influential book written in his famous no-niceties, short-from-the-hip style.

• 1. Philosophical Introduction: The Background Theory. ; 2. Unphilosophical Introduction: What Concepts Have To Be. ; 3. The Demise of Definitions, Part I: The Linguist's Tale. ; 4. The Demise of Definitions, Part II: The Philosopher's Tale. ; 5. Prototypes and Compositionality. (Appendix 5A: Meaning Postulates. Appendix 5B: The 'Theory Theory' of Concepts.) ; 6. Innateness and Ontology, Part I: The Standard Argument. (Appendix 6A: Similarity.) ; 7. Innateness and Ontology, Part II: Intentional Laws and Natural Kinds. (Appendix 7A: Round Squares.) ; Bibliography ; Index

Jerry Fodor is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

important, aggressively argued, accessible, witty, irreverent, wide-ranging, provocative and bound-to-be-influential book written in his famous no-niceties, short-from-the-hip style.

• 1. Philosophical Introduction: The Background Theory. ; 2. Unphilosophical Introduction: What Concepts Have To Be. ; 3. The Demise of Definitions, Part I: The Linguist's Tale. ; 4. The Demise of Definitions, Part II: The Philosopher's Tale. ; 5. Prototypes and Compositionality. (Appendix 5A: Meaning Postulates. Appendix 5B: The 'Theory Theory' of Concepts.) ; 6. Innateness and Ontology, Part I: The Standard Argument. (Appendix 6A: Similarity.) ; 7. Innateness and Ontology, Part II: Intentional Laws and Natural Kinds. (Appendix 7A: Round Squares.) ; Bibliography ; Index