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What's within? : nativism reconsidered /

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This iconoclastic book reconsiders the influential nativist position toward the mind. 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 a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cowie, Fiona, 1963-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Series:Philosophy of mind series.
Subjects:
Chomsky, Noam.
Chomsky, Noam
Nativism (Psychology)
Innate ideas (Philosophy)
Language acquisition.
Nativisme (Psychologie)
Innéisme.
Langage > Acquisition.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Rationalism.
Language acquisition
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. The Historical Debate. 1. What Nativism Is Not. 2. What Nativism Is: I. The Hypothesis of Special Faculties. 3. What Nativism Is: II. The Mystery Hypothesis
  • pt. II. Concept Acquisition: Problem or Mystery? 4. The Case Against Empiricism. 5. The Constitution Hypothesis. 6. Prospects for a Psychology of Concept Acquisition
  • pt. III. The Fate of the Faculties Hypothesis. 7. Language-Learning: From Behaviorism to Nativism. 8. The Poverty of the Stimulus. 9. The Logical Problem of Language Acquisition. 10. The Role of Universal Grammar in Language-Learning. 11. Will the Evidence for Linguistic Nativisim Please Stand Up?