The Theory Theory as an Alternative to the Innateness Hypothesis

Chomsky and His Critics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 238-254

  Gopnik, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aristotle; Empiricism; Philosophy; Plato; Rationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948779597     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470690024.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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