Preface; Domain specificity: an introduction Lawrence Hirschfeld and Susan
Gelman; Part I. General/Theoretical Approaches: 1. The modularity of
thought Dan Sperber; 2. Domain specificity and cultural variation are not
inconsistent: lessons from number and music Rochel Gelman and Kimberly
Brenneman; Part II. Are Domains Theories?: 3. The theory theory Alison
Gopkin and Henry Wellman; 4. Thinking by children and scientists: false
analogies and neglected similarities Paul Harris; 5. Core domains versus
scientific theories: evidence from systematics and Itzaj-Maya folkbiology
Scott Atran; 6. Essences and folk theories of biology Susan Gelman, John
Coley and Gail Gottfried; Part III. Origins of Domain Knowledge, Biology
and Evolutionary Approaches: 7. The organization of lexical knowledge in
the brain: evidence from category- and modality-specific deficits Alfonso
Caramazza, Argye Hillis, Elwyn Keek and Michele Miozzo; 8. Origins of
domain-specificity: the evolution of functional organization Leda Cosmides
and John Tobby; 9. Tomm and Toby: core architecture and domain specificity
Alan Leslie; 10. 'Moral belief' form vs. content David Premack; 11. Domain
specific knowledge and conceptual change Susan Carey and Elizabeth Spelke;
12. Is the acquisition of social categories based on domain-specific
competence or on knowledge transfer? Lawrence Hirschfield; 13. The birth
and nurturance of concepts by domains: the origins of concepts of living
things Frank Keil; Part IV. Domains Across Cultures and Languages: 14.
Cognitive constraints on cultural representation: natural ontologies and
religious ideas Pascal Boyer; 15. Universal and culture-specific properties
of children's mental models of the earth Stella Vosniadou; 16. Cognitive
domains and the structure of the lexicon Anna Wierzbicka; Part V.
Implications for Education: 17. 'Teachers' models of children's minds and
learning Sidney Strauss and Tamar Shilony; 18. 'Situated rationalism'
biological and social preparation for learning Lauren Resnick.
