Record Nr.

UNINA9911019930103321

Autore

Antony Louise M

Titolo

Chomsky and His Critics

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Hoboken, : Wiley, 2008

ISBN


9786611319564
9781281319562
1281319562
9780470700433
0470700432
9780470690024
047069002X
9780470779774
0470779772

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Collana

Philosophers and their Critics

Altri autori (Persone)

HornsteinNorbert

Disciplina

191

410/.92

Soggetti

Language and languages

Philosophy

Linguistics - Philosophy

Languages & Literatures

Philology & Linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Chomsky on the Mind-Body Problem; 2 Chomsky's Challenge to Physicalism; 3 Real Materialism; 4 Naturalistic Inquiry: Where does Mental Representation Fit in?; 5 Chomsky, Intentionality, and a CRTT; 6 Referential Semantics for I-languages?; 7 Meaning and its Place in the Language Faculty; 8 Small Verbs, Complex Events: Analyticity without Synonymy; 9 In Defense of Public Language; 10 The Theory Theory as an Alternative to the Innateness Hypothesis; 11 Replies; Reply to Lycan; Reply to Poland; Reply to Strawson; Reply to Egan

Reply to ReyReply to Ludlow; Reply to Horwich; Reply to Pietroski; Reply to Millikan; Reply to Gopnik; Major Works by Noam Chomsky; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this compelling volume, ten distinguished thinkers -- William G. Lycan, Galen Strawson, Jeffrey Poland, Georges Rey, Frances Egan, Paul Horwich, Peter Ludlow, Paul Pietroski, Alison Gopnik, and Ruth Millikan -- address a variety of conceptual issues raised in Noam Chomsky's work. Distinguished list of critics: William G. Lycan, Galen Strawson, Jeffrey Poland, Georges Rey, Frances Egan, Paul Horwich, Peter Ludlow, Paul Pietroski, Alison Gopnik, and Ruth Millikan. Includes Chomsky's substantial new replies and responses to each essay. The best critical introduc