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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Introduction to Part I: Notes on Research Methods
- Chapter 2 The Inductive Potential of Categories
- Chapter 3 Hidden, Nonobvious Properties
- Chapter 4 Children's Conceptions of Nature and Nurture
- Chapter 5 Causal Explanations, Causal Determinism
- Chapter 6 Conclusions to Part I
- Chapter 7 What Parents Say—and Do Not Say—about Essences
- Chapter 8 Essentialism in Language
- Chapter 9 Theory Theories and DAM Theories
- Chapter 10 Unfinished Business
- Chapter 11 Why Do We Essentialize?
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Dedication
Dedication
- Source:
- The Essential Child
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Introduction to Part I: Notes on Research Methods
- Chapter 2 The Inductive Potential of Categories
- Chapter 3 Hidden, Nonobvious Properties
- Chapter 4 Children's Conceptions of Nature and Nurture
- Chapter 5 Causal Explanations, Causal Determinism
- Chapter 6 Conclusions to Part I
- Chapter 7 What Parents Say—and Do Not Say—about Essences
- Chapter 8 Essentialism in Language
- Chapter 9 Theory Theories and DAM Theories
- Chapter 10 Unfinished Business
- Chapter 11 Why Do We Essentialize?
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
