Anyone interested in attending dinner after the seminar, please let me know.
Very best wishes, Beth On 2014-02-10 11:44, Beth Hannon wrote: > SHANE GLACKIN (University of Exeter) > > will speak at the History and Philosophy of Science Departmental > Seminar > > this Thursday, 13 February at 4.30pm > > on TWO VIEWS OF LINGUISTIC SCIENCE AND BIOLOGY > > According to the view of Noam Chomsky and his followers, language as > a biological phenomenon is a property of individual minds and brains; > its status as a social phenomenon is merely epiphenomenal, and not a > proper object of scientific study. According to a rival view, the > individual's biological capacity for language cannot be properly > understood in isolation from the linguistic environment, which it both > depends on for its operation and - in collaboration with other > speakers - builds and shapes for future generations. I do not argue > directly here for this rival view, which revives and accords a central > role to Saussure's notion of langue, or public language. Rather, I > demonstrate that it accords far more easily than the Chomskyan view > with several key anti-individualistic themes in contemporary > biological theory. Further, I show, if the "neo-Saussurean" view is > adopted, then two well-known philosophical challenges to the Chomskyan > account - due to W.V. Quine and Saul Kripke's Wittgenstein - > disappear. > > Tea and biscuits will be available from 4pm in Seminar Room 1. > > Following the talk we will go to the pub, and on to dinner. All are > welcome! > > -- > Helen Anne Curry > Lecturer in History of Modern Science and Technology > Department of History and Philosophy of Science > University of Cambridge > Free School Lane > Cambridge CB2 3RH > 01223 335748 > > > _____________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, > or change your membership options, please visit > the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents > > List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive > > Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email > attachments. See the list information page for further > details and suggested alternatives. _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
