American cognitive scientist who developed the core knowledge theory — infants are born with a set of domain-specific core knowledge systems — and studied how conceptual change occurs in development and science.
Core knowledge: infants possess innate knowledge in domains of objects, agents, number, and space — not blank slates. Conceptual change: new concepts are not simply enriched old ones but sometimes involve radical restructuring — bootstrapping. The Origin of Concepts: the most comprehensive account of conceptual development.
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