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The human mind is theorized to possess innate structures specifically for language acquisition, as noted in [1], and is described as a system of cognitive processes that govern how one acquires language alongside other social and survival behaviors [2]. Furthermore, the evolution of the human mind is linked to solving ancestral problems that necessitated complex communication and cognitive development [3].
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Evolutionary Psychology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 2 facts
quoteCosmides and Tooby (2003) identify a list of day-to-day problems faced by human ancestors that shaped the human mind: “giving birth, winning social support from band members, remembering the locations of edible plants, hitting game animals with projectiles, …, recognizing emotional expressions, protecting family members, maintaining mating relationships, …, assessing the character of self and others, causing impregnation, acquiring language, maintaining friendships, thwarting antagonists, and so on.”
quoteErmer et al. (2007) stated: "the assumption that the human mind is composed mainly of a few content-free cognitive processes that are 'thought to govern how one acquires a language and a gender identity, an aversion to incest and an appreciation for vistas, a desire for friends and a fear of spiders—indeed, nearly every thought and feeling of which humans are capable' is inadequate."
Sources of Knowledge: Rationalism, Empiricism, and the Kantian ... press.rebus.community 1 fact
claimNoam Chomsky argues that human minds contain innate structures responsible for the capacity to process language because exposure to language is inadequate to account for the ability to speak and understand others.