?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Syntax%2C+content+and+functionalism%3A+What+is+wrong+with+the+syntactic+theory+of+mind&rft.creator=Aydede%2C+Murat&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=I+argue+that+Stich's+Syntactic+Theory+of+Mind+(STM)+and+a+naturalistic+narrow+content+functionalism+run+on+a+Language+of+Though+story+have+the+same+exact+structure.+I+elaborate+on+the+argument+that+narrow+content+functionalism+is+either+irremediably+holistic+in+a+rather+destructive+sense%2C+or+else+doesn't+have+the+resources+for+individuating+contents+interpersonally.+So+I+show+that%2C+contrary+to+his+own+advertisement%2C+Stich's+STM+has+exactly+the+same+problems+(like+holism%2C+vagueness%2C+observer-relativity%2C+etc.)+that+he+claims+plague+content-based+psychologies.+So+STM+can't+be+any+better+than+the+Representational+Theory+of+Mind+(RTM)+in+its+prospects+for+forming+the+foundations+of+a+scientifically+respectable+psychology%2C+whether+or+not+RTM+has+the+problems+that+Stich+claims+it+does.&rft.date=1996&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F352%2F1%2FSTM.v1.html&rft.identifier=++Aydede%2C+Murat++(1996)+Syntax%2C+content+and+functionalism%3A+What+is+wrong+with+the+syntactic+theory+of+mind.++%5BPreprint%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F352%2F