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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| description | 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 only explain concept acquisition when it occurs by rational inference or other transitions that are explicable-by-content. © 2011 Cambridge University Press. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:566c1065-4880-4de5-b7b1-bbe46d4b12062022-03-26T16:50:05ZAcquiring a new concept is not explicable-by-contentJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:566c1065-4880-4de5-b7b1-bbe46d4b1206EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2011Shea, NCarey'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 only explain concept acquisition when it occurs by rational inference or other transitions that are explicable-by-content. © 2011 Cambridge University Press. |
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