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Chomsky: Language, Mind, and Politics

ISBN: 978-0-745-61888-3

October 1999

Polity

288 pages

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Description
The key to Chomsky's overall intellectual project lies in what he has to say about a biologically based human nature.
About the Author
James McGilvray is Associate Professort in the Department of Philosophy, McGill University.
Features
* A clear and comprehensive introduction to Chomsky's work, dealing with his contributions to linguistics, philosophy, social and political thought.
* Describes Chomsky's rationalist view of mind and human nature in a more systematic way than Chomsky himself has and investigates why this view is the most plausible one.