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- Reflections on Language is a 1975 book in which MIT linguist Noam Chomsky argues for a rationalist approach to human nature. Under this approach, specific capabilities are innate to humans, as opposed to an empiricist approach in which there is no innate human nature but rather a "blank slate" upon which psychological and social forces act.
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Mar 3, 2010 · Reflections on language. by. Chomsky, Noam. Publication date. 1975. Topics. Language and languages, Language, Langage et langues, Taalwetenschap. Publisher. New York : Pantheon Books.
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Reflections on Language is a 1975 book in which MIT linguist Noam Chomsky argues for a rationalist approach to human nature. Under this approach, specific capabilities are innate to humans, as opposed to an empiricist approach in which there is no innate human nature but rather a "blank slate" upon which psychological and social forces act. [1]
- Noam Chomsky
- 1975
properties of language reveals something of the nature of humans in a negative way: it underscores, with great clarity, the limits of our understanding of those qualities of mind that are apparently unique to humans and that must enter into their cultural achievements
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- Vasant R Khokhle
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- 1996
Mar 4, 2020 · On cognitive capacity -- The object of inquiry -- Some general features of language -- Problems and mysteries in the study of human language
Noam Chomsky, Reflections on Language. New York: Random House, 1975. 269 pp. One reason Chomsky's work fascinates philosophers is its at-tempt to base traditional rationalist doctrine on linguistic science: Chomsky treats innateness as an empirical thesis, and attempts to establish a rationalist account of human freedom. The ultimate pro-
Feb 7, 2017 · In Part II, Reflections on Language, Chomsky explores the more general implications of the study of language and offers incisive analyses of the controversies among psychologists, philosophers,...
Son of a Russian emigrant who was a Hebrew scholar, Chomsky was exposed at a young age to the study of language and principles of grammar. During the 1940s, he began developing socialist...
