I welcome references to empirical work on the development of a priori knowledge in children, infants, or animals.
I realise that this notion has a distinguished place in philosophy that is alive and well in the 21st century [e.g. Boghossian & Peacocke, 2000]. I also realise that adult researchers?invoke this notion in their interpretations of all manner of things - but it is one thing to wheel in a priori knowledge as a deux ex machina; it is something else to investigate its formation in its own right. Of course, if there ain't no such thing, that would explain its absence from work in developmental psychology and allied trades. But since the philosophers are still talking about the notion [a priori knowledge], it's plausible to say the least that there is something here, and therefore empirical questions about its formation are implicated. Piaget? OK - I am familiar with his position. Is there anyone else though?
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