creators_name: Ariew, Andre
type: confpaper
datestamp: 1998-06-18
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:53:49
metadata_visibility: show
title: Innateness and Canalization
ispublished: pub
subjects: bio-pop
subjects: phil-sci
full_text_status: public
keywords: innateness, canalization, Waddington, heritability, norms of reaction
abstract: Cognitive scientists often employ the notion of innateness without defining it. The issue is, how is innateness defined in biology? Some critics contend that innateness is not a legitimate concept in biology. In this paper I will argue that it is. However, neither the concept of high heritability nor the concept of flat norm of reaction (two popular accounts in the biology literature) define innateness. An adequate account is found in developmental biology. I propose that innateness is best defined in terms of C. H. Waddington's concept of canalization.
date: 1996
date_type: published
publisher: Philosophy of Science Association
pagerange: 19-27
refereed: FALSE
citation:   Ariew, Andre  (1996) Innateness and Canalization.  [Conference Paper]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/330/1/PSA_20paper.txt

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