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Tables of Contents for Words, Thoughts and Theories
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Series Foreword
xi
 
Preface and Acknowledgments
xiii
 
The Other Socratic Method
1
10
Socrates' Problem
1
3
Augustine's Problem
4
3
A Road Map
7
4
I The Theory Theory
11
62
The Scientist as Child
13
36
But Surely It Can't Really Be a Theory?
13
2
A Cognitive View of Science
15
3
Naturalistic Epistemology and Development: An Evolutionary Speculation
18
2
Science as Horticulture
20
2
Objections: Phenomenology
22
2
Objections: Sociology
24
2
Objections: Timing and Convergence
26
1
Objections: Magic
27
2
Empirical Advances
29
3
What Is a Theory?
32
2
Structural Features of Theories
34
2
Functional Features of Theories
36
3
Dynamic Features of Theories
39
2
Theories in Childhood
41
1
Theories as Representations
42
7
Theories, Modules, and Empirical Generalizations
49
24
Modules
50
3
Theories and Development
53
1
Modules and Development
54
2
Modularity in Peripheral and Central Processing
56
3
Empirical Generalizations: Scripts, Narratives, and Nets
59
4
Interactions among Theories, Modules, and Empirical Generalizations
63
5
Nonconceptual Development: Information Processing and Social Construction
68
5
II Evidence for the Theory Theory
73
114
The Child's Theory of Appearances
77
48
The Adult Theory
77
5
The Initial Theory
82
4
The Paradox of Invisible Objects
86
6
An Alternative: A Theory-Change Account
92
3
The Nine-Month-Old's Theory
95
3
The A-Not-B Error as an Auxilliary Hypothesis
98
3
The Eighteen-Month-Old's Theory
101
4
Other Evidence for the Theory Theory
105
4
Semantic Development: ``Gone'' as a Theoretical Term
109
6
Later Developments: From Object Permanence to Perspective Taking
115
4
Later Semantic Developments: ``Gone'' and ``See''
119
2
Conclusion
121
4
The Child's Theory of Action
125
36
The Adult Theory
126
2
The Initial Theory
128
10
The Nine-Month-Old's Theory
138
7
The Eighteen-Month-Old's Theory
145
6
Other Evidence for the Theory Theory
151
2
Semantic Development: ``No,'' ``Uh-oh,'' and ``There''
153
3
Later Developments: From Actions to Desires
156
3
Later Semantic Developments: ``Want''
159
1
Conclusion
159
2
The Child's Theory of Kinds
161
26
The Adult Theory
161
4
Categories and Kinds
165
3
The Initial Theory
168
2
The Nine-Month-Old's Theory
170
6
The Eighteen-Month-Old's Theory
176
3
Other Evidence for the Theory Theory
179
2
Semantic Development: The Naming Spurt
181
2
Later Developments
183
1
Conclusion
184
3
III Theories and Language
187
38
Language and Thought
189
22
Prerequisites
189
2
Interactions
191
2
A Theory-Theory View
193
2
Methodological Issues: Specificity and Correlation
195
3
Developmental Relations between Language and Cognition
198
3
Theories and Constraints
201
3
Crosslinguistic Studies
204
3
Individual-Difference Studies
207
1
Conclusion
208
3
The Darwinian Conclusion
211
14
Who's Afraid of Semantic Holism?
211
5
A Developmental Cognitive Science
216
2
Computational and Neurological Mechanisms
218
2
After Piaget
220
2
Sailing in Neurath's Boat
222
3
Notes
225
4
References
229
22
Index
251