The origins of concepts

Philosophical Studies

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 359-384

  Weiskopf, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Concepts; Innateness; Language of thought; Learning; Nativism

Indexed keywords

EID: 49049086717     PISSN: 00318116     EISSN: 15730883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-007-9150-8     Document Type: Article

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