Chomsky Notebook / / ed. by Jean Bricmont, Julie Franck.

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• MitwirkendeR: Baillargeon, Normand,; Bilgrami, Akeel,; Boeckx, Cedric,; Bricmont, Jean,; Chierchia, Gennaro,; Chomsky, Noam,; Delorca, Frédéric,; Franck, Julie,; Gallistel, Charles R.,; George, Susan,; Grodzinsky, Yosef,; Guerlain, Pierre,; Halimi, Serge,; Hornstein, Norbert,; Jacob, Pierre,; Portis, Larry,; Rindel, Arnaud,; Spelke, Elizabeth,
• HerausgeberIn: Bricmont, Jean,; Franck, Julie,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.) :; 6 illus., 1 table

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 essay each on Edward Said and the natural world. Altogether, these works reveal the penetrating insight of a remarkable intellectual whose thought extends into a number of fields within and outside of academia. For the uninitiated reader and longtime fan, this anthology attests to the power of Chomsky's rationalism and the dexterity of his critical investigations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- PART I. CHOMSKY -- 1. The Mysteries of Nature: How Deeply Hidden? -- 2. The Great Soul of Power: Said Memorial Lecture -- PART II. INTRODUCTIONS -- 3. Chomsky, France, Reason, Power -- 4. An Interview with Noam Chomsky -- PART III. LINGUISTIC THEORY AND LANGUAGE PROCESSES -- 5. The Varying Aims of Linguistic Theory -- 6. Language, Thought, and Reality After Chomsky -- 7. Generative Syntax in the Brain -- PART IV. COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND -- 8. Learning Organs -- 9. Innateness, Choice, and Language -- 10. The Scope and Limits of Chomsky's Naturalism -- PART V. CHOMSKY AND THE INTELLIGENTSIA -- 11. Conspiracy: When Journalists (and Their Favorites) Misrepresent the Critical Analysis of the Media -- 12. Noam Chomsky and the University -- 13. The Practice of Intellectual Self-Defense in the University -- 14. Chomsky, Faurisson, and Vidal-Naquet -- 15. Chomsky and Bourdieu: A Missed Encounter -- PART VI. POLITICS: THEORY AND PRACTICE -- 16. Chomsky in France: The Resistance to Pragmatic Anti-Authoritarianism -- 17. Testimony -- 18. Truth, Balance, and Freedom -- Contributors