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The Science of Language
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Author(s):
Noam Chomsky
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James McGilvray
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2012
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Cambridge University Press
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9781139061018
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2012
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2012
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10.1017/CBO9781139061018
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Book chapters
pp. 1
Introduction
pp. 11
Language, function, communication: language and the use of language
pp. 21
On a formal theory of language and its accommodation to biology; the distinctive nature of human concepts
pp. 31
Representation and computation
pp. 33
More on human concepts
pp. 36
Reflections on the study of language
pp. 39
Parameters, canalization, innateness, Universal Grammar
pp. 46
Development, master/control genes, etc.
pp. 50
Perfection and design (interview 20 January 2009)
pp. 59
Universal Grammar and simplicity
pp. 65
On the intellectual ailments of some scientists
pp. 69
The place of language in the mind
pp. 76
Chomsky's intellectual contributions
pp. 80
Simplicity and its role in Chomsky's work
pp. 86
Chomsky and Nelson Goodman
pp. 95
Chomsky on human nature and human understanding
pp. 103
Human nature and evolution: thoughts on sociobiology and evolutionary psychology
pp. 108
Human nature again
pp. 113
Morality and universalization
pp. 118
Optimism and grounds for it
pp. 124
Language, agency, common sense, and science
pp. 129
Philosophers and their roles
pp. 132
Biophysical limitations on understanding
pp. 133
Epistemology and biological limits
pp. 138
Studies of mind and behavior and their limitations
pp. 152
Linguistics and politics
pp. 153
Appendices
pp. 262
Commentaries
pp. 291
Glossary
pp. 303
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