... from two cognitive biases that are firmly rooted in human cognition: intuitive dualism and, yes, essentialism. When we consider which traits are possibly innate, we consult essentialism. Per essentialism, innate traits arise from an inherent essence that lies within our body ( Berent 2021b ). People...

... Is there an innate sense of number? Lorenzi et al. (2025) argue that the ability to extract numerical information from the environment is vital for a wide range of species, suggesting “a likely common origin”. Studies in different species show that the neural mechanism for doing this—numerosity-selective neurons—can...

.... Carruthers, P. , Laurence, S. , & Stich, S. , eds. ( 2005 ), The Innate Mind, vol. 1: Structure and Contents . Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chomsky, N. ( 1957 ), Syntactic Structures . The Hague: Mouton. Chomsky, N. ( 1959 ), “Review of B.F...

... innateness nature-nurture debate cognition cognitive science Jerry Fodor The philosopher Jerry Fodor was a teacher of mine in graduate school, a colleague at MIT for three years, and a major influence on my thinking. I have profited greatly from his lucid explications of the computational theory...

... in sensory input. One such argument appeals to certain results in empirical psychology which purport to show that arithmetical concepts (or even knowledge) are innate. It argues that the question of innateness is at best tangential to my project, since the origin of a concept and its...

... argued that in order for these hypotheses to be tested, let alone generated, they needed to have been readily available to the learner, suggesting that all primitive concepts are innate, and that concept acquisition relies on the process of triggering these concepts that are innately available...

... features constituency extrinsic ordering government innate laterals licensing strict CV synchronic phonology vowel zero alternations Dependency Grammar generative phonology Dependency Phonology generative syntax Metrical Phonology Optimality Theory OT roots segment internal grouping...

... terms such as “innate”. However, attempts to further specify “naturalness” by linking it to technical concepts from the sciences such as “heritable” or “canalized” have not been very successful. Likewise, the proposition that homosexuality is natural because it is not a social construction does...

... for language is opaque. directly languages themselves linguistic evolution principle of situatedness innateness hypothesis This content is only available as a PDF. ...

...The Quest for Human Nature. Marco J. Nathan, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2024. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197699249.003.0004 Chapter 4 explores the issue of innateness, drawing connections to human nature. After brief stage-setting remarks...

... nature into smaller, better tractable proxies, more intimately connected to scientific research. With this aim in mind, Chapter 4, What Makes a Trait Innate explores the issue of innateness, drawing some connections to human nature. Many readers will be familiar with both with the term innate...

...: Reference and Change. ” Nous 9, 17–32. Fodor, J. A. ( 1998 ). Concepts: Where Cognitive Science Went Wrong (Oxford: Clarendon Press). Griffiths, P. E. , Machery, E. , and Linquist, S. ( 2009 ). “ The Vernacular Concept of Innateness. ” Mind...

...Chomsky had been able to look into how various theses—representationalism, biological boundedness, domain specificity, innateness and universal grammar—may be used in explaining the acquisition and mastery of language. Chomsky was able to not only establish the inaccuracy of behaviorism through...

...., that human beings might have an immaterial mind), he thinks the Cartesian version of that view is false. The chapter focuses on two topics within Locke’s discussion of Descartes’s views: whether we have an innate idea of God, and whether the mind is always thinking. On the first issue, Locke rejects the view...

... be modular. We have two quite different reasons for our claim that these mechanisms exploit information‐rich processes rather than simulation processes. Our account posits the existence of innate Perception Detection Mechanisms which begin to come on‐line fairly early. These are the mechanisms that form...

... cognitive science cognitivism Garcia J Koelling R language Newell A Rozin P Simon H Fodor J innateness modularity cognitive poverty of the stimulus Universal Grammar UG altruism Dawkins R encapsulation informational ethology evolution evolutionarily stable strategy Hamilton W D Lorenz K...

...A large body of literature exists on the so-called “Baldwin effect”, a controversial process by which an acquired trait supposedly evolves into an innate trait. C. H. Waddington's concept of “genetic assimilation” is significantly different from other ideas about how this might occur. From...

...0 26 07 2024 © Stephen Laurence and Eric Margolis 2024 2024 Stephen Laurence and Eric Margolis This chapter does three things. First, it discusses what innateness is, comparing our own view to two nearby views, and defending it against the charge that, because there are so many accounts...

... argument which we will continue to develop with other case studies and further elaboration in Parts III and IV. concept nativism nativism empiricism innateness learning argument to the best explanation Though it is rarely recognized in either philosophical or scientific circles, the positive case...

... and models can be incorporated into an overall rationalist approach to conceptual development, and this is how they stand to have the greatest impact. empiricism rationalism nativism innateness learning concepts Part IV has examined a representative selection of some of the most important...