Living with innateness (and environmental dependence too)

Jonathan M. Weinberg; Ron Mallon

doi:10.1080/09515080802201203

Living with innateness (and environmental dependence too)

Jonathan M. Weinberg, Ron Mallon

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Abstract

Griffiths and Machery contend that the concept of innateness should be dispensed with in the sciences. We contend that, once that concept is properly understood as what we have called 'closed process invariance', it is still of significant use in the sciences, especially cognitive science.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	415-424
Number of pages	10
Journal	Philosophical Psychology
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09515080802201203
State	Published - Jun 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Canalisation
Cognitive science
Innateness
Invariance

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Applied Psychology
Philosophy

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