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May 5, 2011ali g, chomsky, cognitive science, peter ludlow, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind

Chomsky philosophy of mind discussion

Here is an interview with Chomsky conducted by the very excellent Peter Ludlow. Here is another interview conducted by Ali G:

May 10, 2010anarchism, chomsky, cognitive science, humor, libertarian socialist, linguistics, philosophers, philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, satire, the onion, universal grammar

Exhausted Noam Chomsky

Once again, this bit of Onion satire was brought to my attention by my chum David Livingtone Smith.

July 26, 2008atheism, chomsky, chris frith, civil conversation, cognition, enlightenment, epistemology, grayling, mary midgley, philosophy of social science, political philosophy, psychology, rationality, reason, relativism, roger penrose, romanticism, social cognition, social epistemology, sociology

Anthony Grayling has convened a “symposium” on Reason in the latest issue of the New Scientist. Grayling’s position is very predictable but credit to him and the editors for bringing together a diverse group who for the most part seem to disagree with his conception. Neuroscientist Chris Frith, mathematician Roger Penrose and philosopher Mary Midgley are…

January 14, 2008chomsky, cognitive science, Colin McGinn, honderich, Maggie Boden, philosophy of mind

Chomsky vs. Boden

Those following the recent McGinn-Honderich review kerfuffle might be interested to read Chomsky’s reticient but nonetheless combative contribution to a symposium on Margaret Boden’s Mind as Machine: A History of Cognitive Science – see an earlier review by Harman. It begins . . . When I was asked to join a symposium on Margaret Boden’s history…