?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Innateness+and+Canalization&rft.creator=Ariew%2C+Andre&rft.subject=Population+Biology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=Cognitive+scientists+often+employ+the+notion+of+innateness+without+defining+it.+The+issue+is%2C+how+is+innateness+defined+in+biology%3F+Some+critics+contend+that+innateness+is+not+a+legitimate+concept+in+biology.+In+this+paper+I+will+argue+that+it+is.+However%2C+neither+the+concept+of+high+heritability+nor+the+concept+of+flat+norm+of+reaction+(two+popular+accounts+in+the+biology+literature)+define+innateness.+An+adequate+account+is+found+in+developmental+biology.+I+propose+that+innateness+is+best+defined+in+terms+of+C.+H.+Waddington's+concept+of+canalization.&rft.publisher=Philosophy+of+Science+Association&rft.date=1996&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fplain&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F330%2F1%2FPSA_20paper.txt&rft.identifier=++Ariew%2C+Andre++(1996)+Innateness+and+Canalization.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F330%2F