{"product_id":"representation-of-language","title":"Representation of Language","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is a defense of a Chomskyan conception of language against philosophical objectionsthat have been raised against it. It also provides, however, a critical examination of some of the glosses on the theory: the assimilation of it to traditional Rationalism; a supposed conflict between being innate and learned; an unclear ontology and the need of a \"representational pretense\" with regard to it; and, most crucially, a rejection of Chomsky's eliminativism about the role of intentionality not only in his own theories, but in any serious science at all. This last is a fundamentally important issue for linguistics, psychology, and philosophy that an examination of a theory as rich and promising as a Chomskyan linguistics should help illuminate. The book ends with a discussion of some further issues that Chomsky misleadingly associates with his theory: an anti-realism about ordinary thought and talk, and a dismissal of the mind\/body problem(s), towards the solution of some of which his theory in fact makes an important contribution.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Georges Rey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43573414756413,"sku":"9780198855637","price":230.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780198855637.jpg?v=1788521753","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/representation-of-language","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}