Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-rcrh6 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-28T23:07:45.545Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The windmills of your mind: commentary inspired by Cervantes (1615) on Rispoli's review of Rethinking innateness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1999

NICK C. ELLIS
NICK C. ELLIS
Affiliation:
University of Wales, Bangor
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Rethinking innateness (RI) is a quixotic book, enthusiastic and visionary. It is hard not to be provoked as each author races full tilt towards their chosen combat. Some readers, like Fodor (1997), respond in kind. Rispoli is more measured. Nonetheless, every reader chooses their own windmills to elevate into giants, and each believes their battle righteous. Are Elman et al. ‘building castles in the air’, or is Rispoli ‘taking the wrong sow by the ear’?

Type
REVIEW ARTICLE AND DISCUSSION
Information
Journal of Child Language , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , February 1999 , pp. 217 - 260
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)