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Noam Chomsky: Noam Chomsky, born 1928, is an American linguist, philosopher, and cognitive scientist. His notable works include "Syntactic Structures" (1957) and "Transformational-Generative Grammar" (1965), revolutionizing the field of linguistics. He's also a prominent political commentator and author._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Joseph Weizenbaum on Chomsky - Dictionary of Arguments
I 185 Chomsky/Weizenbaum: Chomsky's working hypothesis is: that the genetic equipment of the human being gives him/her a series of highly specialized abilities, which are connected with a corresponding number of restrictions that determine the total number and type of degrees of freedom, which control and limit the development of every human language. ((s) So that the human cannot develop any kind of language. >Language, >Grammar, >Transformational grammar, >Universal grammar, cf. >Computer languages, >N. Chomsky._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Weizenbaum I Joseph Weizenbaum Computer Power and Human Reason. From Judgment to Calculation, W. H. Freeman & Comp. 1976 German Edition: Die Macht der Computer und die Ohnmacht der Vernunft Frankfurt/M. 1978 |