Learning to think: A response to the language of thought argument for innateness

Mind and Language

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 313-325

  Viger, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 20444454345     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0268-1064.2005.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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