Cognitive individualism and the child as scientist program

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dc.citation.epage529en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber4en_US
dc.citation.spage518en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber42en_US
dc.contributor.authorWringe, B.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T09:49:29Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T09:49:29Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Philosophyen_US
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, I examine the charge that Gopnik and Meltzoff's 'Child as Scientist' program, outlined and defended in their 1997 book Words, Thoughts and Theories is vitiated by a form of 'cognitive individualism' about science. Although this charge has often been leveled at Gopnik and Meltzoff's work, it has rarely been developed in any detail.I suggest that we should distinguish between two forms of cognitive individualism which I refer to as 'ontic' and 'epistemic' cognitive individualism (OCI and ECI respectively). I then argue - contra Ronald Giere - that Gopnik and Meltzoff's commitment to OCI is relatively unproblematic, since it is an easily detachable part of their view. By contrast, and despite their explicit discussion of the issue, their commitment to ECI is much more problematic.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.shpsc.2011.06.003en_US
dc.identifier.issn1369-8486
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/21665
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2011.06.003en_US
dc.source.titleStudies in History and Philosophy of Scienceen_US
dc.subjectChild as scientisten_US
dc.subjectCognitive individualismen_US
dc.subjectGopniken_US
dc.subjectKitcheren_US
dc.subjectMeltzoffen_US
dc.subjectPhilosophy of developmental psychologyen_US
dc.subjectchild developmenten_US
dc.subjectchild psychologyen_US
dc.subjectcognitionen_US
dc.subjecthistoryen_US
dc.subjecthumanen_US
dc.subjectindividualityen_US
dc.subjectknowledgeen_US
dc.subjectscienceen_US
dc.subjectthinkingen_US
dc.subjectChilden_US
dc.subjectChild Developmenten_US
dc.subjectChild Psychologyen_US
dc.subjectCognitionen_US
dc.subjectHistory, 20th Centuryen_US
dc.subjectHumansen_US
dc.subjectIndividualityen_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectScienceen_US
dc.subjectThinkingen_US
dc.titleCognitive individualism and the child as scientist programen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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