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Preface; Domain specificity: an introduction Lawrence Hirschfeld andSusan Gelman; Part I. General/Theoretical Approaches: 1. The modularityof thought Dan Sperber; 2. Domain specificity and cultural variationare not inconsistent: lessons from number and music Rochel Gelman andKimberly Brenneman; Part II. Are Domains Theories?: 3. The theorytheory Alison Gopkin and Henry Wellman; 4. Thinking by children andscientists: false analogies and neglected similarities Paul Harris; 5.Core domains versus scientific theories: evidence from systematics andItzaj-Maya folkbiology Scott Atran; 6. Essences and folk theories ofbiology Susan Gelman, John Coley and Gail Gottfried; Part III. Originsof Domain Knowledge, Biology and Evolutionary Approaches: 7. Theorganization of lexical knowledge in the brain: evidence from category-and modality-specific deficits Alfonso Caramazza, Argye Hillis, ElwynKeek and Michele Miozzo; 8. Origins of domain-specificity: theevolution 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 specificknowledge and conceptual change Susan Carey and Elizabeth Spelke; 12.Is the acquisition of social categories based on domain-specificcompetence or on knowledge transfer? Lawrence Hirschfield; 13. Thebirth and nurturance of concepts by domains: the origins of concepts ofliving things Frank Keil; Part IV. Domains Across Cultures andLanguages: 14. Cognitive constraints on cultural representation:natural ontologies and religious ideas Pascal Boyer; 15. Universal andculture-specific properties of children's mental models of the earthStella Vosniadou; 16. Cognitive domains and the structure of thelexicon Anna Wierzbicka; Part V. Implications for Education: 17.'Teachers' models of children's minds and learning Sidney Strauss andTamar Shilony; 18. 'Situated rationalism' biological and socialpreparation for learning Lauren Resnick.