TY - JOUR
T1 - Rebooting the bootstrap argument
T2 - Two puzzles for bootstrap theories of concept development
AU - Rips, Lance J.
AU - Hespos, Susan J.
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - The Origin of Concepts sets out an impressive defense of the view that children construct entirely new systems of concepts. We offer here two questions about this theory. First, why doesn't the bootstrapping process provide a pattern for translating between the old and new systems, contradicting their claimed incommensurability? Second, can the bootstrapping process properly distinguish meaning change from belief change?.
AB - The Origin of Concepts sets out an impressive defense of the view that children construct entirely new systems of concepts. We offer here two questions about this theory. First, why doesn't the bootstrapping process provide a pattern for translating between the old and new systems, contradicting their claimed incommensurability? Second, can the bootstrapping process properly distinguish meaning change from belief change?.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79958705697&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X10002190
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X10002190
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79958705697
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 34
SP - 145
EP - 146
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
IS - 3
ER -