J. A. Fodor

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

J. A. Fodor is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Language and Linguistics and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, J. A. Fodor has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 9 papers in Language and Linguistics and 6 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in J. A. Fodor's work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (7 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (5 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 papers). J. A. Fodor is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (7 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (5 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 papers). J. A. Fodor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. J. A. Fodor's co-authors include Thomas G. Bever, Zenon W. Pylyshyn, Merrill F. Garrett, Robert St. Clair, Edward Walker, Charles S. Chihara, Ernie Lepore, Georges Rey, Roberto G. de Almeida and Jay L. Garfield and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Review, Cognition and Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

In The Last Decade

J. A. Fodor

32 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Psychology of Language 1974 2026 1991 2008 1974 100 200 300 400 500
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Psychology of Language
    1974 559 citations J. A. Fodor, Thomas G. Bever et al. profile →

Peers

J. A. Fodor
Edward H. Matthei United States
Henry Gleitman United States
Martin D. S. Braine United States
Terry L. Smith United States
Kenneth Mark Colby United States
Mark H. Bickhard United States
Alan Garnham United Kingdom
Rafael Núñez United States
Ira Noveck France
Barbara C. Malt United States
Edward H. Matthei United States
J. A. Fodor
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Fields of papers citing papers by J. A. Fodor

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. A. Fodor

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fodor, J. A.. (1997). Connectionism and the problem of systematicity (continued): why Smolensky's solution still doesn't work. Cognition. 62(1). 109–119. 20 indexed citations
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Almeida, Roberto G. de & J. A. Fodor. (1996). Still looking for structural complexity effects in the representation of lexical concepts. 1 indexed citations
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Fodor, J. A. & Ernie Lepore. (1996). Churchland on state space semantics. 1 indexed citations
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Fodor, J. A., et al.. (1996). Folk Psychology from the Standpoint of Conceptual Analysis. 4 indexed citations
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Fodor, J. A.. (1992). A theory of the child's theory of mind. Cognition. 44(3). 283–296. 330 indexed citations
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Garfield, Jay L. & J. A. Fodor. (1991). Psychosemantics: The Problem of Meaning In the Philosophy of Mind.. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 51(1). 235–235. 2 indexed citations
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Fodor, J. A., et al.. (1991). What is wrong with tensor product connectionism. 1 indexed citations
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Fodor, J. A.. (1987). 1 A Situated Grandmother? Some Remarks on Proposals by Barwise and Perry. Mind & Language. 2(1). 64–81. 15 indexed citations
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Fodor, J. A.. (1986). Information and association.. Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic. 27(3). 45 indexed citations
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Fodor, J. A.. (1982). Cognitive science and the twin-Earth problem.. Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic. 23(2). 36 indexed citations
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Fodor, J. A. & Zenon W. Pylyshyn. (1981). How direct is visual perception?: Some reflections on Gibson's “ecological approach”. Cognition. 9(2). 139–196. 427 indexed citations
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Fodor, J. A., et al.. (1980). Against definitions. Cognition. 8(3). 263–367. 126 indexed citations
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Fodor, J. A.. (1980). Searle on what only brains can do. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 3(3). 431–432. 14 indexed citations
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Fodor, J. A.. (1978). Tom Swift and his procedural grandmother. Cognition. 6(3). 229–247. 79 indexed citations
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Fodor, J. A.. (1978). Computation and Reduction. University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy (University of Minnesota). 9 indexed citations
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Fodor, J. A.. (1966). Could There Be a Theory of Perception?. The Journal of Philosophy. 63(13). 369–380. 3 indexed citations
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Bever, Thomas G., et al.. (1965). On the acquisition of syntax: A critique of "contextual generalization.". Psychological Review. 72(6). 467–482. 52 indexed citations
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Fodor, J. A., et al.. (1963). Some Types of Ambiguous Tokens. Analysis. 24(1). 19–23. 8 indexed citations
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Fodor, J. A.. (1961). Of words and uses1. Inquiry. 4(1-4). 190–208.
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Fodor, J. A.. (1961). Projection and Paraphrase in Semantics. Analysis. 21(4). 73–77. 8 indexed citations

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