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Philosophy of biology

view that a psychological trait is innate if it is not acquired by any psychological process, so its origin is left to biology.

In philosophy of biology, primitivism about innateness refers to view that a psychological trait is innate if it is not acquired by any psychological process, so its origin is left to biology. This meaning comes from Samuels (2002) in Mind & Language.[1]

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  1. Samuels, R. (2002). Nativism in Cognitive Science. Mind & Language, 17(3), 233-265. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0017.00197

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