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- Title
The notion of incommensurability can be extended to the child's developing theories of mind as well.
- Authors
Kiss, Szabolcs
- Abstract
In this commentary I argue that the notion of incommensurability can be extended to the child's developing theories of mind. I use Carey's concept of Quinian bootstrapping and show that this learning process can account for the acquisition of the semantics of mental terms. I suggest a distinction among three stages of acquisition and adopt the theory–theory of conceptual development.
- Subjects
CHILD development; PHILOSOPHY of mind in children; CONCEPTS; SEMANTICS; CHILD psychology; CAREY, Susan; STATISTICAL bootstrapping
- Publication
Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 2011, Vol 34, Issue 3, p134
- ISSN
0140-525X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0140525X10002141