Innateness and the brain

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-40

  Quartz, Steven R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational learning theory; Empiricism; Innateness; Nativism; Neural constructivism

Indexed keywords

BRAIN;

EID: 0037647565     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023395002672     Document Type: Article

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