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What's within? : nativism reconsidered / Fiona Cowie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cowie, Fiona, 1963-
- Series:
- Philosophy of mind.
- Philosophy of mind
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nativism (Psychology).
- Innate ideas (Philosophy).
- Language acquisition.
- Chomsky, Noam.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 334 p.) : ill.
- Other Title:
- Nativism reconsidered
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 0-19-984952-8
- 0-19-515978-0
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