Talk:Elizabeth Spelke

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An entry from Elizabeth Spelke appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on October 16, 2006.

[edit] Experiments

"This disproves the hypothesis, originated by William James and propounded by Jean Piaget, that babies are born with no distinctive cognitive abilities but acquire them through education and experience."

I find it dubious that the experiments disprove the notion of acquiring cognitive abilities through education and experience. Such a claim should be referenced at the very least, and from my understanding, is still an ongoing debate, see Language-game. --WLMorgan 19:33, 24 October 2006 (UTC)