UID:
almafu_9959328528002883
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 342 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780470690024
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047069002X
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9780470779774
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0470779772
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9780631200208
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0631200207
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9780631200215
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0631200215
Series Statement:
Philosophers and their critics
Content:
In this compelling volume, ten distinguished thinkers - William G. Lycan, Jeffrey Poland, Galen Strawson, Frances Egan, Georges Rey, Peter Ludlow, Paul Horwich, Paul M. Pietroski, Alison Gopnik, and Ruth Garrett Millikan - address a variety of conceptual issues raised in Noam Chomsky's work on mind and language. Topics covered include: the ontological commitments inherent in a Chomskian approach to linguistic competence the possibility of systematic referential semantics for natural language whether we can learn anything about the foundations of language by adopting an evolutionary perspective whether the 'theory theory' in developmental psychology counters Chomsky's arguments for nativism the relevance and urgency of the mind - body problem in the post-Newtonian world. These analyses are followed by substantial responses from Chomsky himself. The result is a provocative and engaging discussion of Chomsky's work on questions of central importance to theories of mind and language.
Note:
Chomsky on the mind-body problem / William G. Lycan -- Chomsky's challenge to physicalism / Jeffrey Poland -- Real materialism / Galen Strawson -- Naturalistic inquiry: where does mental representation fit in? / Frances Egan -- Chomsky, intentionality, and a CRIT / Georges Rey -- Referential semantics for I-languages? / Peter Ludlow -- Meaning and its place in the language faculty / Paul Horwich -- Small verbs, complex events: analyticity without synonymy / Paul M. Pietroski -- In defense of public language / Ruth Garrett Millikan -- The theory theory as an alternative to the innateness hypothesis / Alison Gopnik -- Replies / Noam Chomsky.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Chomsky and his critics. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003 ISBN 0631200207
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780631200208
Language:
English
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DOI:
10.1002/9780470690024
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470690024
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470690024
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470690024
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