Short arms and talking eggs: Why we should no longer abide the nativist-empiricist debate.
Short arms and talking eggs: Why we should no longer abide the nativist-empiricist debate.
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短臂和会说话的鸡蛋：为什么我们不应该再忍受本土主义与经验主义的争论。
DOI：
10.1111/j.1750-8606.2009.00081.x
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
6.4
通讯作者：
Tomblin,JBruce
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作者：
Spencer,JohnP;Blumberg,MarkS;McMurray,Bob;Robinson,ScottR;Samuelson,LarissaK;Tomblin,JBruce
先天主义与经验主义的争论以及先天主义对核心知识和天赋观念的承诺，这些知识和天赋在没有相关后天经验的情况下就存在，继续分散人们对发展系统现实的注意力。发育系统方法包含了后生的概念，即认为发育是通过从基因到环境的多个因果层次上的级联相互作用而出现的。这种观点植根于对经验的更广泛的解释以及对发展非显而易见性的认识。我们用印记、空间认知和语言发展研究的例子来说明这种系统方法，揭示了先天论与经验论争论的不足以及发展的令人难以忽视的事实。发展科学家不应再忍受先天论与经验论的争论以及先天论者对起源毫无根据的关注。相反，未来在于将我们的科学扎根于当代理论和发展过程。
The nativist-empiricist debate and the nativist commitment to the idea of core knowledge and endowments that exist without relevant postnatal experience continue to distract attention from the reality of developmental systems. The developmental systems approach embraces the concept of epigenesis, that is, the view that development emerges via cascades of interactions across multiple levels of causation, from genes to environments. This view is rooted in a broader interpretation of experience and an appreciation for the nonobvious nature of development. We illustrate this systems approach with examples from studies of imprinting, spatial cognition, and language development, revealing the inadequacies of the nativist-empiricist debate and the inconvenient truths of development. Developmental scientists should no longer abide the nativist-empiricist debate and nativists’ ungrounded focus on origins. Rather, the future lies in grounding our science in contemporary theory and developmental process.