Here are a couple articles by Steven Pinker that offer some psychological insights on the innate ideas debate we've been discussing in class:
But hey, why read when you can watch a video? With that in mind, here's Pinker's appearance on The Colbert Report:
Pinker has a few books on this stuff, and a lot of other interesting articles, too. Not everyone agrees with Pinker, though. Here's an article about a South American tribe that might be a counterexample to the claim that there are innate aspects of language development.
(The linguist researching the tribe explains his case more here. Steven Pinker and others respond to him here.)
One more link. Here's an advanced survey article on the rationalism/empiricism debate from my favorite free online philosophy encyclopedia:
Yes, there is more than one free online philosophy encyclopedia.
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