noam chomsky
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What is knowledge? How is it different from belief? What is a mistake? A lie?Abdus FrancescaManomi
Is an American linguist and philosopher
Responsible for the theory of transformational grammar
As a political commentator, he was critical of American foreign and domestic policy
political activist suspicious of big media, big business and big government
Rationalist
Says children have a prior knowledge of language
We only learn the surface structure of language (grammar, spelling, style, phonics)
Intellect grows, not learned He believes that some aspects of knowledge
and understanding are inherited just as the use of arms and legs are
Noam Chomsky point out that knowledge is not explicable in terms of skills, habits, or dispositions
Theory of Value
Theory of Knowledge
Theory of Human Nature
Theory of Learning
Theory of Transmission
Theory of Society
Theory of Consensus
Theory of Opportunity
Main Theories
Rationalist He refers to that fact that we
have prior knowledge not learned from experience
Does not use his senses to make his theories on language
Uses reason to come up with theory
Responds to Descartes and Plato because they are the corner stones of rationalism
Has often been compared Bertrand Russell
LinguisticsPoliticsCriticKnowledgeReasonBiology
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Paquette, Paul G., and Laura Gini-Newman. Philosophy Questions & Theories. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2003. 206-06.
Voshell, Paula. "The Educational Theory of Noam Chomsky." NewFoundations. NewFoundations. 14 Nov. 2008 <http://http://www.newfoundations.com/gallery/chomsky.html>.