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(1985) A portrait of twenty-five years, Dordrecht, Springer.
I think that it will be useful to separate two issues in the discussion of our present topic — one is the issue of historical interpretation, namely, what in fact was the content of the classical doctrine of innate ideas, let us say, in Descartes and Leibniz; the second is the substantive issue, namely, in the light of the information presently available, what can we say about the prerequisites for the acquisition of knowledge — what can we postulate regarding the psychologically a priori principles that determine the character of learning and the nature of what is acquired.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-5345-1_3
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Chomsky, N. (1985)., Recent contributions to the theory of innate ideas, in R. S. Cohen & M. W. Wartofsky (eds.), A portrait of twenty-five years, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 31-40.
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