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Klappentext A collection of essays introducing the reader to domain-specificity'. Zusammenfassung Recently! many researchers have concluded that much human thought is `domain-specific'. Thus! the mind is best viewed as a collection of cognitive abilities specialised to handle specific tasks! as opposed to a general problem-solving device which approaches all questions in much the same way. This volume offers a collection of essays exploring how some of these cognitive abilities are organised. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Domain specificity: an introduction Lawrence Hirschfeld and Susan Gelman; Part I. General/Theoretical Approaches: 1. The modularity of thought Dan Sperber; 2. Domain specificity and cultural variation are not inconsistent: lessons from number and music Rochel Gelman and Kimberly Brenneman; Part II. Are Domains Theories?: 3. The theory theory Alison Gopkin and Henry Wellman; 4. Thinking by children and scientists: false analogies and neglected similarities Paul Harris; 5. Core domains versus scientific theories: evidence from systematics and Itzaj-Maya folkbiology Scott Atran; 6. Essences and folk theories of biology Susan Gelman, John Coley and Gail Gottfried; Part III. Origins of Domain Knowledge, Biology and Evolutionary Approaches: 7. The organization of lexical knowledge in the brain: evidence from category- and modality-specific deficits Alfonso Caramazza, Argye Hillis, Elwyn Keek and Michele Miozzo; 8. Origins of domain-specificity: the evolution of functional organization Leda Cosmides and John Tobby; 9. Tomm and Toby: core architecture and domain specificity Alan Leslie; 10. 'Moral belief' form vs. content David Premack; 11. Domain specific knowledge and conceptual change Susan Carey and Elizabeth Spelke; 12. Is the acquisition of social categories based on domain-specific competence or on knowledge transfer? Lawrence Hirschfield; 13. The birth and nurturance of concepts by domains: the origins of concepts of living things Frank Keil; Part IV. Domains Across Cultures and Languages: 14. Cognitive constraints on cultural representation: natural ontologies and religious ideas Pascal Boyer; 15. Universal and culture-specific properties of children's mental models of the earth Stella Vosniadou; 16. Cognitive domains and the structure of the lexicon Anna Wierzbicka; Part V. Implications for Education: 17. 'Teachers' models of children's minds and learning Sidney Strauss and Tamar Shilony; 18. 'Situated rationalism' biological and social preparation for learning Lauren Resnick....
