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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : McGinn, Colin (1950-....)
Titre(s) : Inborn knowledge [Texte imprimé] : the mystery within / Colin McGinn
Publication : Cambridge (Mass.) : MIT press, cop. 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-137 p.) ; 21 cm
Comprend : The traditional debate ; Problems with empiricism ; Nativism ; Implications.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 127-129. Index
"In this book, Colin McGinn presents a concise, clear, and compelling argument that
the origins of knowledge are innate—that nativism, not empiricism, is correct in its
theory of how concepts are acquired. McGinn considers the particular case of sensible
qualities—ideas of color, shape, taste, and so on. He argues that these, which he
once regarded as the strongest case for the empiricist position, are in fact not well
explained by the empiricist account that they derive from interactions with external
objects. Rather, he contends, ideas of sensible qualities offer the strongest case
for the nativist position—that a large range of our knowledge is inborn, not acquired
through the senses. Yet, McGinn cautions, how this can be is deeply problematic; we
have no good theories about how innate knowledge is possible. Innate knowledge is
a mystery, though a fact. McGinn describes the traditional debate between empiricism
and nativism; offers an array of arguments against empiricism; constructs an argument
in favor of nativism; and considers the philosophical consequences of adopting the
nativist position, discussing perception, the mind–body problem, the unconscious,
metaphysics, and epistemology"--Publisher's website
Sujet(s) : Théorie de la connaissance
Philosophie de l'esprit
Externalisme (philosophie)
Innéisme (psychologie)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780262029391. - ISBN 0262029391 (rel.) (papier neutre)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44451865s
Notice n° :
FRBNF44451865
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