Single Idea 2492

[catalogued under 18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts]

Full Idea

Experience can't explain itself; eventually, some of the concepts that explaining experience requires have to come from outside it. Eventually, some of them have to be built in.

Gist of Idea

Experience can't explain itself; the concepts needed must originate outside experience

Source

Jerry A. Fodor (In a Critical Condition [2000], Ch.12)

Book Reference

Fodor,Jerry A.: 'In Critical Condition' [MIT 2000], p.149