| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 351 pages) : illustrations |
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Columbia themes in philosophy |
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Columbia themes in philosophy.
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| Contents |
The mysteries of nature: how deeply hidden? / Noam Chomsky -- The great soul of power: Said Memorial Lecture / Noam Chomsky -- Chomsky, France, reason, power / Jean Bricmont and Julie Franck -- An interview with Noam Chomsky / Jean Bricmont -- The varying aims of linguistic theory / Cedric Boeckx and Norbert Hornstein -- Language, thought, and reality after Chomsky / Gennaro Chierchia -- Generative syntax in the brain / Yosef Grodzinsky -- Learning organs / Charles R. Gallistel -- Innateness, choice, and language / Elizabeth Spelke -- The scope and limits of Chomsky's naturalism / Pierre Jacob -- Conspiracy: when journalists (and their favorites) misrepresent the critical analysis of the media / Serge Halimi and Arnaud Rindel -- Noam Chomsky and the university / Pierre Guerlain -- The practice of intellectual self-defense in the university / Normand Baillargeon -- Chomsky, Faurisson, and Vidal-Naquet / Jean Bricmont -- Chomsky and Bourdieu: a missed encounter / Frédéric Delorca -- Chomsky in France: the resistance to pragmatic anti-authoritarianism / Larry Portis -- Testimony / Susan George -- Truth, balance, and freedom / Akeel Bilgrami |
| Summary |
Noam Chomsky applies a rational, scientific approach to disciplines as diverse as linguistics, ethics, and politics. His best-known innovations involve a groundbreaking theory of generative grammar, the revolution it initiated in cognitive science, and a radical encounter with political theory and practice. In Chomsky Notebook, Cedric Boeckx and Norbert Hornstein tackle the evolution of Chomsky's linguistic theory. Akeel Bilgrami revisits Chomsky's work on freedom and truth, and Pierre Jacob analyzes his naturalism. Chomsky's own contributions include an interview with Jean Bricmont and an ess |
| Notes |
Originally published in French as Chomsky |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Translated from the French |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Chomsky, Noam -- Philosophy
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Chomsky, Noam -- Political and social views
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| SUBJECT |
Chomsky, Noam fast |
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Chomsky, Noam. swd |
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Linguistics.
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World politics -- 1989-
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linguistics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative.
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Linguistics
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Philosophy
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Political and social views
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World politics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chomsky, Noam
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Bricmont, J. (Jean)
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Franck, Julie
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| LC no. |
2009023929 |
| ISBN |
9780231517782 |
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0231517785 |
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