Abstract “Hardwired” is a term commonly used to describe the properties of certain
behaviors or brain regions. As its usage has increased exponentially in the past 50 years …

It is widely recognized that the innate versus acquired distinction is a false dichotomy. Yet
many scientists continue to describe certain traits as “innate” and take this to imply that those …

The concept of innateness is a part of folk wisdom but is also used by biologists and
cognitive scientists. This concept has a legitimate role to play in science only if the colloquial …

The philosophical innateness debate has long relied onpsychological evidence. For a
century, however, a parallel debate hastaken place within neuroscience. In this paper, I …

In order for the study of the human mind and brain to become a successful natural science, a
sufficiently large number of researchers must organize their research on the basis of …

In a further development of the nature-nurture debate, this collection of articles questions
how the human mind influences the content and organization of culture. In the study of …

A widespread misconception in much of psychology is that (a) as vertebrate animals
evolved,“newer” brain structures were added over existing “older” brain structures, and (b) …

The concept of innateness is an important component of folkbiology (Medin and Atran,
1999), the body of beliefs that people spontaneously rely on to make sense of their …

The idea that some characteristics of an organism are explained by its intrinsic nature, whilst
others reflect the influence of the environment is an ancient one. It has even been argued …

Griffiths and Machery have argued that innateness is a folk notion that obstructs inquiry and
has no place in contemporary science. They support their view by criticizing the canalization …