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by Noam Chomsky


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  Index

  abduction 168, 183, 246, 248

  acquisition of language 225, 244adequate explanation of 22, 60, 149, 235, 244, 245, 246

  behaviorist view of 222, 224

  and biological development 59

  and canalization 39

  early timing of 55, 56

  and the format of language 82

  and grammar 24

  and linguistic theory 24

  and parameters 97

  and poverty of the stimulus 23

  and semantics 193

  study of 84

  universal principles of 245

  activism 119

  adaptation 157, 169evidence for 170, 172

  adaptationism 68, 171, 172

  adjunction 201, 234, 264

  agency 124–128

  algorithms 64, 166

  altruism 104, 106

  animal communication systems 12, 20, 33, 197, 262

  animals, and concepts 26, 30, 33, 203

  Ariew, André 277

  Aristotle 26, 162, 163

  articulatory system 69

  Austin, John 129, 160

  baboons 143, 202

  Baker, Mark 39, 55, 83, 241

  bees 20, 106

  behavior, study of 138–151, 286

  behaviorism 66, 89, 186, 285criticism of 285

  and evolution 173

  and language acquisition 222, 225, 282, 284

  and learning 180

  belief 138, 140I-beliefs 153–156

  irrational 140

  religious 141

  study of 139

  Berkeley 127

  Bilgrami, Akeel 113

  binding theory 37, 237, 238, 276, 290

  biolinguistics 5, 91, 246

  biological limits 133–137

  biological systems, properties of 22

  biology 157autonomy of 175

  explanation in 158

  folk biology 223

  function-for-an-organism 169–174

  functions in 174–175

  Bloom, Paul 166, 170, 172, 176

  Boltzmann, Ludwig 18

  Borer, Hagit 166, 194, 229

  Boyle, Robert 67

  Bracken, Harry 114

  Braille 44

  brain 60See also cognitive faculties

  evolution of 49

  size of 54

  structures of 48

  bricolage 24, 243

  British Empire 121, 122

  Brody, Michael 83

  Burge, Tyler 130, 289

  Butterworth, Brian 16

  Byrd, Robert 123

  c-command 79, 232–238, 276

  canalization 39–45, 96, 239–242, 278, 279, 286and parameters 45, 276–277

  Carey, Sue 72, 97, 128

  Carnap, Rudolf 250

  Carroll, Sean B. 279

 

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