Acquiring a new concept is not explicable-by-content
Carey's book describes many cases in which children develop new concepts with expressive power that could not be constructed out of their input. How does she side-step Fodor's paradox of radical concept nativism? I suggest that it is by rejecting the tacit assumption that psychology can on...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2011
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