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050 0 0 _aBF444
_b.M36 1994
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245 0 0 _aMapping the mind :
_bdomain specificity in cognition and culture /
_cedited by Lawrence A. Hirschfeld, Susan A. Gelman.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1994.
300 _a1 online resource (xiv, 516 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aWhat is the nature of human thought? A long dominant view holds that the mind is a general problem-solving device that approaches all questions in much the same way. Chomsky's theory of language, which revolutionised linguistics, challenged this claim, contending that children are primed to acquire some skills, like language, in a manner largely independent of their ability to solve other sorts of apparently similar mental problems. In recent years researchers in anthropology, psychology, linguistic and neuroscience have examined whether other mental skills are similarly independent. Many have concluded that much of human thought is 'domain-specific'. Thus, the mind is better viewed as a collection of cognitive abilities specialised to handle specific tasks than a general problem solver. This volume introduces a general audience to a domain-specificity perspective, by compiling a collection of essays exploring how several of these cognitive abilities are organised.
650 0 _aHuman information processing.
650 0 _aSchemas (Psychology)
650 0 _aCognition and culture.
700 1 _aHirschfeld, Lawrence A.,
_eeditor.
700 1 _aGelman, Susan A.,
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521419666
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511752902
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