Fodor’s Flying Pig

I read an article, by the philosopher Jerry Fodor, in the London Review of Books last week: Why Pigs Don’t Have Wings. And I thought at the time that something wasn’t quite right about it. Whether it was the science or the philosophy, I wasn’t quite sure, but it just didn’t feel right.

 

Today, I come across Jason Rosenhouse’s critique of Fodor’s piece, and he explains, to my satisfaction, that my gut feeling was correct. Fodor was away with the fairies. Thanks, Jason.