Chomsky's System of Ideas |
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| Author:
| D'Agostino, Fred |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-824465-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1988 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $37.50 |
Book Description:
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This book is an examination of the philosophical and methodological ideas behind Noam Chomsky's revolutionary theory of human linguistic competence--ideas which are increasingly influential in cognitive and perceptual psychology, and which can be seen as the basis for a distinctive view of the human condition. D'Agostino discusses six key ideas: Chomsky's ontological subjectivism with regard to linguistic entities, his individualistic methodological orientation, his rationalistic...
More DescriptionThis book is an examination of the philosophical and methodological ideas behind Noam Chomsky's revolutionary theory of human linguistic competence--ideas which are increasingly influential in cognitive and perceptual psychology, and which can be seen as the basis for a distinctive view of the human condition. D'Agostino discusses six key ideas: Chomsky's ontological subjectivism with regard to linguistic entities, his individualistic methodological orientation, his rationalistic account of language acquisition, his rules-based account of linguistic behavior, his distinctive account of human creativity, and the political relevance of his general theory of human nature.