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Empiricist word learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2002

Dan Ryder
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27510-3125 dan@danryder.com http://www.danryder.com
Oleg V. Favorov
Affiliation:
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816 favorov@cs.ucf.edu http://www.sinbad.info

Abstract

At first, Bloom's theory appears inimical to empiricism, since he credits very young children with highly sophisticated cognitive resources (e.g., a theory of mind and a belief that real kinds have essences), and he also attacks the empiricist's favoured learning theory, namely, associationism. We suggest that, on the contrary, the empiricist can embrace much of what Bloom says.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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