Understanding Noam Chomsky #1: Philosophy, Science, Language, & Cognition (with John Collins)

Описание: This conversation is part of the 'Understanding Noam Chomsky' Series ('Dare to know!' Philosophy Podcast). Today we are joined by John Collins who is currently a professor of philosophy at the University of East Anglia. His areas of specialization are the philosophy of language, generative linguistics, concept of truth, & philosophy of mind/cognitive science. Today, we will talk in particular about his book ‘Chomsky: A Guide for The Perplexed’.

In this episode of the Dare to know! Podcast we discuss Noam Chomsky's views on philosophy, science, language, cognition, & more.

NOTE:
The sentence JC intended at 1:09:15 is 'The boat the sailor the dog bit built sank'.

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GUEST INFO:
https://people.uea.ac.uk/john_collins

HOST INFO:
My name is Fabian Corver, living in the Netherlands. I graduated last year from my Master's in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. Currently, working for AI-focused start-up and reading lots of philosophy at night.

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
0:37 - Background
3:02 - A Cognitive Starting Point
5:55 - Chomsky: The Scientist & Philosopher
9:28 - Methodological Naturalism | Metaphysical Naturalism
17:41 - The Mind-Body Problem
28:02 - Normativity & Science
32:56 - Language & Communication
39:09 - A Public Language?
43:25 - Moving linguistics beyond the descriptive/taxonomic task
48:44 - Weak/strong Generative Capacity
53:20 - Creativity in Language: A Mystery?
1:06:00 - The Competence/Performance Distinction
1:12:28 - Nativism, Innateness, & Poverty of the Stimulus
1:21:10 - What is a Faculty?
1:25:00 - Science Forming Faculty
1:30:17 - Skinner's Verbal Behavior
1:36:21 - Meta-scientific Eliminativism
1:40:45 - Chomsky & the Cartesian Tradition
1:48:53 - I-Language & E-Language
1:54:05 - Linguistics Intuitions, Data, & Theory Construction
2:04:00 - The Minimalist Program