innateness made following claim 22 dec94 posting x happens innate perfectly valid explanation x occurrence x happens reason valid thought claim tautologous know causes x got explanation required justification apparently wrong since david powers 13 jan95 objects basis innateness amounts saying fact life saying born explanation apparently even know born x happens still nt explained x occurrence huh granted may want explain born surely got explanation sort however partial ultimately turns got better relevant alternative x happens learn x basis general learning principles think legitimate objection something however discussed first perhaps put another way elsewhere context fuller discussion explaining phoneme phonology bf natural bls 11 2538 1985 p 31 claim innateness lack thereof evaluate basis evidence support claim innateness would wrong claim something innate claim something innate true making claim innatenes without evidence reveals laziness mind making claim lack innateness powers continues science comes show sufficiency b necessity c source posited innate constructs ug concentrating tendency deprecate interested b c go beyond bound set innateness ug really running around making innateness claims solely basis sufficiency arguments nt doubt folks alas understand innateness gotten bad name translating syllogismese argument would following form innate entails x x true therefore innate logicians name arguments form affirming consequent classical logical fallacy individual practicioners may guilty charged least always case innateness claims made disregard b arguments poverty stimulus unavailability negative ungrammaticality evidence alleged lack errors children violate structure dependency clearly cases point see e g chomsky _ reflections language _ note requirement quote stronger requiring b causes x entails necessary sufficient x vice versa e g z causes x agree deciding pursue c grounds deprecation neither would think deciding pursue elephant big one blind man figure alone churma dept english ball state univeristy muncie 47306