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Numéro d'OCLC
700675402
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Auteur
McKay, Steve,1973-
Titre
Biological rationalism.
Diplôme
Ph. D. -- McGill University, 2007
Éditeur
Ottawa : Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, [2009]
Description
5 microfiches
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Résumé
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.
ISBN
9780494479391
0494479396