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nativistic theory
nativistic theory Nativistic theory is the view that rational or necessary knowledge depends in some way on an inborn endowment rather than coming wholly from an individual's sensory experience.
Nativistic theory is the view that rational or necessary knowledge depends in some way on an inborn endowment rather than coming wholly from an individual's sensory experience. In later historical use, the term was also tied to the question of whether knowledge could reflect inherited results of ancestral experience.