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OCLC number
253904248
Link(s) to full text
LAC copy
Author
McKay, Steve.
Title
Biological rationalism
Degree
Ph. D. -- McGill University, 2007
Publisher
[Montreal, Québec] : McGill University, ©2007.
Description
1 online resource
Notes
Written for the Dept. of Philosophy.
Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2007-08-29).
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract
I argue that contemporary philosophy of language in the analytic tradition rests on two fundamentally wrong assumptions: empiricism and externalism. After I show why these two assumptions are incorrect, I turn my attention to biological rationalism. Biological rationalism-a research program inspired by the work of Noam Chomsky-is committed to nativism and internalism. I believe biological rationalism provides the best framework to achieve a genuine understanding of language. I try to show this by considering the biological rationalist answers to major problems in philosophy of language.
Other link(s)
digitool.Library.McGill.CA:8881
escholarship.mcgill.ca
escholarship.mcgill.ca
digitool.Library.McGill.CA
Subject
Language and languages Philosophy.
Langage et langues Philosophie.
Philosophy