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Reflections on Chomsky
Alexander L. George (Edited by), A George (Author)
9780631179191, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 6 December 1990
284 pages
22.8 x 15.5 x 2.2 cm, 0.425 kg
Philosophical essays to celebrate Chomsky's contributions This collection of writings was compiled to honor the leading linguist Noam Chomsky. Reflections on Chomsky celebrates the linguist's contributions to the study of language, beginning in the 1950s. Essay contributors to the volume include: Sylvain Bromberger, Tyler Burge, Martin Davies, Michael Dummett, Jerry Fodor, James Higginbotham, Norbert Hornstein, Hilary Putnam and Crispin Wright. The writings examine the factuality of linguistics, the psychological reality of grammar, the nature of a semantic theory, the proper object of linguistic inquiry, and other topics.
Introduction vi Acknowledgements xi List of Contributors xii Why Should the Mind be Modular? 1 Meaning and the Mental: the Problem of Semantics after Chomsky 23 Logical Form and Linguistic Theory 41 Types and Tokens in Linguistics 58 How Not to Become Confused about Linguistics 90 When is a Grammar Psychologically Real? 111 Tacit Knowledge and Subdoxastic States 131 Knowledge of Reference 153 Wherein is Language Social? 175 Language and Communication 192 Model Theory and the ‘Factuality’ of Semantics 213 Wittgenstein’s Rule-following Considerations and the Central Project of Theoretical Linguistics 233 Select Bibliography of Works by Noam Chomsky 265 Index 269
Jerry A. Fodor
Norbert Hornstein
Jaakko Hintikka
Sylvain Bromberger
Alexander George
Christopher Peacocke
Martin Davies
James Higginbotham
Tyler Burge
Michael Dummett
Hilary Putnam
Crispin Wright
Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]
