language of thought - A phrase coined by Fodor to voice the view that all mental representations are linguistic expressions within an 'internal' language which significantly resembles spoken language.

Chris Eliasmith

References

Fodor, J. (1975). The language of thought. New York, Crowell. [bookstore]

Fodor, J. (1987). Psychosemantics. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press. [bookstore]

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