What's within? : nativism reconsidered /

Nativists assert that some concepts, beliefs, or capacities are innate or inborn: native to the mind rather than acquired. Fiona Cowie argues that this view is mistaken, demonstrating that nativism is an unstable amalgam of two quite different - and probably inconsistent - theses about the mind.

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Nativism reconsidered
1. Verfasser:
Cowie, Fiona
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Zusammenfassung:
Nativists assert that some concepts, beliefs, or capacities are innate or inborn: native to the mind rather than acquired. Fiona Cowie argues that this view is mistaken, demonstrating that nativism is an unstable amalgam of two quite different - and probably inconsistent - theses about the mind.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xvii, 334 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-984952-8
0-19-515978-0
Schlagworte:
Chomsky, Noam.
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