title: Innateness and Canalization creator: Ariew, Andre subject: Population Biology subject: Philosophy of Science description: Cognitive scientists often employ the notion of innateness without defining it. The issue is, how is innateness defined in biology? Some critics contend that innateness is not a legitimate concept in biology. In this paper I will argue that it is. However, 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. publisher: Philosophy of Science Association date: 1996 type: Conference Paper type: NonPeerReviewed format: text/plain identifier: http://cogprints.org/330/1/PSA_20paper.txt identifier: Ariew, Andre (1996) Innateness and Canalization. [Conference Paper] relation: http://cogprints.org/330/