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    It is not the case that The problem of language acquisition goes beyond general problems about induction

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    • 1.Quine's naturalized epistemology treats language acquisition as continuous with general empirical learning via reinforcement and analogy.
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    • 2.The apparent gap between linguistic input and grammatical output can be closed by appeal to domain-general statistical learning mechanisms documented in cognitive science.
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    • 3.If domain-general mechanisms suffice to explain acquisition, positing language-specific inductive problems introduces explanatory entities beyond necessity.
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    • 1.Cowie's argument in 'What's Within' demonstrates that the poverty of stimulus applies equally to non-linguistic concept acquisition.
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    • 2.If underdetermination is a general feature of all inductive learning, the purported uniqueness of language acquisition is illusory rather than principled.
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    • 1.There are specific ways in which language acquisition differs from general inductive learning
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    • 2.These differences are not accounted for by Cowie's objection that all induction outstrips the data
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