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7. Existence / E. Categories / 2. Categorisation

4048	Infant brains appear to have inbuilt ontological categories [Goldman]
	Full Idea: Infant behaviour implies inbuilt ontological categories of thing, place, event, path, action, sound, manner, amount and number. ...There is an algebra of relationships between them.
	From: Alvin I. Goldman (Phil Applications of Cognitive Science [1993], p.109)
	A reaction: Interesting. We would expect the categories in infant brains to have instrumental value, but we don't have to accept them as true. Adults (even Aristotle) are big infants.