KnowraLanguage of thought hypothesisLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Language of thought hypothesis, each with the reason it gives.All 8Related 3Compared with 5Linguistic relativityCompared with: It locates thought's structure in an internal code rather than in spoken languages.PsycholinguisticsCompared with: It asks whether linguistic representations are necessary for thought or merely express it.Mental representationRelated: It offers a specific account of how representations combine in reasoning.Language and thoughtRelated: It connects linguistic structure to cognition while distinguishing mental representation from public language.Jerry FodorRelated: Fodor argued that mental representations have sentence-like structure and support systematic thinking.ThoughtCompared with: It proposes a specific format for the representations thought uses.Intrapersonal communicationCompared with: It addresses whether internal thought depends on language-like structure.Language (cognitive faculty)Compared with: It asks whether cognition itself uses a system distinct from public languages.