Rakoczy, Hannes; Cacchione, Trix (2014). The developmental and evolutionary origins of psychological essentialism lie in sortal object individuation. Behavioral and brain sciences, 37(5), pp. 500-501. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/S0140525X13003865
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Cimpian & Salomon (C&S) present promising steps towards understanding the cognitive underpinnings of adult essentialism. However, their approach is less convincing regarding ontogenetic and evolutionary aspects. In contrast to C&S's claim, the so-called inherence heuristic, though perhaps vital in adult reasoning, seems an implausible candidate for the developmental and evolutionary foundations of psychological essentialism. A more plausible candidate is kind-based object individuation that already embodies essentialist modes of thinking and that is present in infants and nonhuman primates.
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Journal Article (Further Contribution) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Developmental Psychology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Cacchione, Beatrix |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology |
ISSN: |
0140-525X |
Publisher: |
Cambridge University Press |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Sufi Abbaspour Chinjani |
Date Deposited: |
14 Apr 2015 16:06 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:42 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1017/S0140525X13003865 |
PubMed ID: |
25388049 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.64100 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/64100 |
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