Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: Chomsky's notions

From:Steve Cooney <stevencooney@...>
Date:Thursday, January 29, 2004, 20:50
--- Roger Mills <romilly@...> wrote:

> >...that Chomsky was just an American curiosity who > was not really taken > seriously anywhere but in America. > > Could it be....professional envy? Surely not
:-)))...
> ...Where would any science be if, from time to time, > someone didn't take a good > hard look at things "they hadn't really taken care > of"? Paradigm shifts > always discomfit the Old Guard.aradigm shifts > always discomfit the Old Guard.
One must also take criticism of Chomsky's works in the context of his political views. His views--as they contradict established dogmas, and basically make mincemeat out of the rhetoric and morally relativist apologisms of US state intellectuals--quite naturally tend to be attacked by the same people who's very intellect and moral character Chomsky routinely puts on trial. Ironically, a man consistently accused of "lacking context" in terms of his political views, occasionally comes under attacks designed to desparage (not challenge) his scientific contributions. One must consider the possibility that these "contexts" are at times not unrelated. S.C. Symbolproject.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/