?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Layers+in+the+Fabric+of+Mind%3A+A+Critical+Review+of+Cognitive+Ontogeny&rft.creator=Nagarjuna%2C+G.&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.description=The+essay+is+critically+examines+the+conceptual+problems+with+the+influential+modularity+model+of+mind.+We+shall+see+that+one+of+the+essential+characters+of+modules%2C+namely+informational+encapsulation%2C+is+not+only+inessential%2C+it+ties+a+knot+at+a+crucial+place+blocking+the+solution+to+the+problem+of+understanding+the+formation+of+concepts+from+percepts+(nodes+of+procedural+knowledge).+Subsequently+I+propose+that+concept+formation+takes+place+by+modulation+of+modules+leading+to+cross-representations%2C+which+were+otherwise+prevented+by+encapsulation.+It+must+be+noted+that+the+argument+is+not+against+modular+architecture%2C+but+a+variety+of+an+architecture+that+prevents+interaction+among+modules.+This+is+followed+by+a+brief+argument+demonstrating+that+module+without+modularization%2C+i.e.+without+developmental+history%2C+is+impossible.+Finally+the+emerging+picture+of+cognitive+development+is+drawn+in+the+form+of+the+layers+in+the+fabric+of+mind%2C+with+a+brief+statement+of+the+possible+implications.%0A&rft.publisher=Homi+Bhabha+Centre+for+Science+Education%2C+Mumbai%2C+India&rft.contributor=Ramadas%2C+Jayashree&rft.contributor=Chunawala%2C+Sugra&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4897%2F1%2Flayers.pdf&rft.identifier=++Nagarjuna%2C+G.++(2006)+Layers+in+the+Fabric+of+Mind%3A+A+Critical+Review+of+Cognitive+Ontogeny.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4897%2F