Susan A. Gelman
（2003年，Oxford University Press，ISBN:0195154061）
【目次】
Acknowledgments viiChapter 1. Introduction 3
Part I: The Phenomena
Introduction to part I: Notes on Reseatch Methods 21
Chapter 2. The Inductive Potential of Categories 26
Chapter 3. Hidden, Nonobvious Properties 60
Chapter 4. Children's Conceptions of Nature and Nurture 89
Chapter 5. Causal Explanations, Causal Determinism 108
Chapter 6. Conclusions to Part I. 137Part II: Mechanisms of Aquisition
Chapter 7. What Parents Say — and Do Not Say — about Essences 155
Chapter 8. Essentialism in Language 179
Chapter 9. Theory Theories andf DAM Thepries 239Part III: Implications and Speculations
Chapter 10. Unfinished Buisiness 277
Chapter 11. Why Do We Essentialize? 296Notes 327
References 335
Author Index 369
Subject Index 377
