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New thinking, innateness and inherited representation.

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 5 Aug 2012

Shea Nicholas

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The New Thinking contained in this volume rejects an Evolutionary Psychology that is committed to innate domain-specific psychological mechanisms: gene-based adaptations that are unlearnt, developmentally fixed and culturally universal. But the New Thinking does not simply deny the importance of innate psychological traits. The problem runs deeper: the concept of innateness is not suited to distinguishing between...

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PMID: 22734066
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0125
PMCID: PMC3385690

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