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Animate-Inanimate Distinction (Susan Gelman chapter)

Animate-Inanimate Distinction (Susan Gelman chapter). Why animacy? Are there innate concepts? Are cognitive systems modular? Can subtle and complex concepts emerge bottom-up on the basis of a perceptually based associative learning mechanism?

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Animate-Inanimate Distinction (Susan Gelman chapter)

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  1. Animate-Inanimate Distinction(Susan Gelman chapter) • Why animacy? • Are there innate concepts? • Are cognitive systems modular? • Can subtle and complex concepts emerge bottom-up on the basis of a perceptually based associative learning mechanism? • How domain-general or domain-specific is human cognition? • Do children’s concepts undergo qualitative reorganization with age? • At what age can children be said to have constructed a theory of psychology, or a theory of biology?

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