Reflections on Language
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Chomsky's linguistics work has revolutionized our understanding of language. These nontechnical Reflections consider the point & purpose of studying language, exploring some of the more general intellectual implications that result from linguistic study. The considered are classical ones.
From Plato to the present time, philosophers have been baffled & intrigued by how humans, with limited personal experience, achieve such rich systems of knowledge, beliefs & values—systems that guide their actions & interpretations of experience. In answer to this fundamental question, he argues that the growth of language is analogous to the development of a bodily organ & is in large measure predetermined by genetic factors.
From Plato to the present time, philosophers have been baffled & intrigued by how humans, with limited personal experience, achieve such rich systems of knowledge, beliefs & values—systems that guide their actions & interpretations of experience. In answer to this fundamental question, he argues that the growth of language is analogous to the development of a bodily organ & is in large measure predetermined by genetic factors.