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Single Idea 4997
[filed under theme 18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts
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Full Idea
It is widely accepted that for many concepts, if not all, grasping the concept requires grasping some theory, ...which makes difficulties for the view that concepts are not learned: for 'radical concept nativism', as Fodor calls it.
Gist of Idea
It seems unlikely that most concepts are innate, if a theory must be understood to grasp them
Source
Robert Kirk (Mind and Body [2003], §7.3)
Book Ref
Kirk,Robert: 'Mind and Body' [Acumen 2003], p.142
A Reaction
Not a problem for traditional rationalist theories, where the whole theory can be innate along with the concept, but a big objection to modern more cautious non-holistic views (such as Fodor's). Does a bird have a concept AND theory of a nest?
The
15 ideas
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[concepts as innate or native ingredients of minds]:
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3631
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A blind man may still contain the idea of colour
[Descartes]
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2273
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The ideas of God and of my self are innate in me
[Descartes]
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2285
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I can think of innumerable shapes I have never experienced
[Descartes]
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2286
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The idea of a supremely perfect being is within me, like the basic concepts of mathematics
[Descartes]
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2600
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The mind's innate ideas are part of its capacity for thought
[Descartes]
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2601
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Qualia must be innate, because physical motions do not contain them
[Descartes]
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12471
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Innate ideas are nothing, if they are in the mind but we are unaware of them
[Locke]
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8100
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Where does the bird's idea of a nest come from?
[Joubert]
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6649
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Chomsky now says concepts are basically innate, as well as syntax
[Chomsky, by Lowe]
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6650
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Fodor is now less keen on the innateness of concepts
[Fodor, by Lowe]
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2492
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Experience can't explain itself; the concepts needed must originate outside experience
[Fodor]
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11143
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If concept-learning is hypothesis-testing, that needs innate concepts to get started
[Fodor, by Margolis/Laurence]
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12662
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We have an innate capacity to form a concept, once we have grasped the stereotype
[Fodor]
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4997
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It seems unlikely that most concepts are innate, if a theory must be understood to grasp them
[Kirk,R]
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18592
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The concepts OBJECT or AGENT may be innate
[Machery]
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