Journal Name: Cognitive Linguistics Issue: Ahead of print.

Chiappe and Kukla argue that relevance theory fails to solve the frame problem as defined by Fodor. They are right. They are wrong, however, to take Fodor’s frame problem too seriously. Fodor’s concerns, on the other hand, even though they are wrongly framed, are worth addressing. We argue that Relevance thoery helps address them.

This book represents the views of one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century on the analogies between computing machines and the living human brain.