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Abstract (may include machine translation)
Spelke's book defends two hypotheses about human cognition. First, humans and other species are endowed with core knowledge systems—innate computational structures that use abstract concepts to represent various aspects of the environment. Second, humans, and only humans, acquire natural languages, whose syntax and compositional semantics allow them to construct new concepts by combining the outputs of core systems. We endorse the first hypothesis but doubt that language acquisition alone explains the productivity of human cognition. In particular, we argue against the claim that infants use aspects of language to develop a new conception of other people.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1314-1322 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Mind and Language |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs |
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State | Published - 11 Oct 2023 |
Keywords
- agent concepts
- cognitive development
- core knowledge
- language of thought
- natural language
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PARTNERS: Tracking and Evaluating Social Relations and Potential Partners in Infancy
Csibra, G. (Researcher)
1/01/18 → 31/12/23
Project: Research