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Descartes, Kant, and Reid all relied heavily on the notion of "innate" faculties of mind or categories of thought. Give two or three examples of innate thought and explain why the notion is so compelling.

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Since Descartes, Kant, and Reid all relied heavily on the notion of "innate" faculties of mind or categories of thought, you might think about two or three examples of ...

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