This wide-ranging collection of essays is inspired by the memory of the cognitivepsychologist John Macnamara, whose influential contributions to language and concept acquisitionhave provided the basis for numerous research programs. The areas covered by the essays include thefoundations of language and thought, congnitive and linguistic development, and mathematicalapproaches to cognition.
Ray Jackendoff is Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy and Codirector of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. He is the author of many books, including
Foundations of Language.Paul Bloom is Professor of Psychology at Yale University.
Karen Wynn is Associate Professor of Psychology at Yale University.