Researcher ORCID Identifier

0000-0002-4230-5393

Document Type

Article

Program

Psychology (Pitzer)

Publication Date

2024

Keywords

Core knowledge theory, Developmental systems theory, Cognitive evolution, Phylogeny fallacy, Innateness

Abstract

Elizabeth Spelke’s What Babies Know is a scholarly presentation of core knowledge theory and a masterful compendium of empirical evidence that supports it. Unfortunately, Spelke’s principal theoretical assumption is that core knowledge is simply the innate product of cognitive evolution. As such, her theory fails to explicate the developmental mechanisms underlying the emergence of the cognitive systems underlying that knowledge.

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