Lexicon of Arguments

 

I 307
Competence/ChomskyVsHarman: I do not claim that they consist in "knowing-that", that language is described by the rules of grammar.
>Propositional knowledge, >Knowledge, >Knowing how,
>Capabilities.
Competence/ChomskyVsHarman: not a number of habits, no reference to the ability of the cyclist - instead the mastery of generative grammar - (non-formulated knowledge). - Less than the ability to speak a language.
>Speaking.
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Searle VIII 404
Competence/performance/Chomsky: Thesis: performance is just the peak of the iceberg of competence.
>Performance.
Searle VIII 437
SearleVsChomsky: the distinction is wrong: he assumes that a theory of speech acts must be more like a theory of performance than one of competence - he does not see that ultimately competence is a performance competence - ChomskyVsSpeech act theory: suspects behaviorism behind it.
SearleVs: not true, because speech act theory involves intention. >Speech act theory.
Searle VIII 409
Chomsky: new: object of study is the language skills.
old: random number of sentences, classifications.
ChomskyVsStructuralism: a theory must be able to explain which chains represent sentences and which do not.
>Theories, >Explanation.
Searle VIII 414
SearleVsChomsky: it is not clear how the grammatical theory provides the knowledge of the speaker.
>Grammar, >Syntax, >Semantics.