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1975 book by Noam Chomsky
Reflections on Language is a 1975 book in which
MIT
linguist
Noam Chomsky argues for a
rationalist approach to
human nature . Under this approach, specific capabilities are
innate to humans, as opposed to an
empiricist approach in which there is no innate human nature but rather a "
blank slate " upon which psychological and social forces act.
The New York Times selected the book as among the year's best.
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References
Bibliography
Further reading
Davies, L. P. (1978). "Reflections". ETC: A Review of General Semantics . 35 (2): 207–209.
ISSN
0014-164X .
JSTOR
42576045 .
Hayman, Ronald (July 1976). "Review of Reflections on Language". Encounters . 41 : 71–.
Hirsch, David H. (1977). "Deep Metaphors and Shallow Structures". The Sewanee Review . 85 (1): 153–166.
ISSN
0037-3052 .
JSTOR
27543203 .
Hong, Kai (1977). "Review of Reflections on Language; Of Grammatology". Theory and Society . 4 (4): 597–599.
ISSN
0304-2421 .
JSTOR
656873 .
Marcotte, Edward (May 28, 1976). "Review of Reflections on Language".
The Nation . 222 : 570–.
McGilvray, James A. (1979). "Review of Reflections on Language". Canadian Journal of Philosophy . 9 (3): 519–544.
doi :
10.1080/00455091.1979.10716266 .
ISSN
0045-5091 .
JSTOR
40231112 .
S2CID
222617369 .
Searle, John (September 10, 1976). "Review of Reflections on Language".
Times Literary Supplement : 1118–.
Shaumyan, Sebastian (March 13, 1976). "Review of Reflections on Language".
The New Republic . Vol. 174. pp. 34–.
Steinmann, Martin (1978). "Review of Reflections on Language". Leonardo . 11 (2): 157–158.
doi :
10.2307/1574029 .
ISSN
0024-094X .
JSTOR
1574029 .
Sturrock, John (February 15, 1976).
"Review of Reflections on Language" .
The New York Times Book Review : 3.
Williams, Bernard (November 11, 1976).
"Where Chomsky Stands" .
The New York Review of Books .
ISSN
0028-7504 .
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