Peter Ludlow presents the first book on the philosophy of
generative linguistics, including both Chomsky's government and
binding theory and his minimalist program. Ludlow explains the
motivation of the generative framework, describes its basic
mechanisms, and then addresses some of the many interesting
philosophical questions and puzzles that arise once we adopt the
general theoretical approach. He focuses on what he takes to be the
most basic philosophical issues about the ontology of linguistics,
about the nature of data, about language/world relations, and about
best theory criteria. These are of broad philosophical interest,
from epistemology to ethics: Ludlow hopes to bring the philosophy
of linguistics to a wider philosophical audience and show that we
have many shared philosophical questions. Similarly, he aims to set
out the philosophical issues in such a way as to engage readers
from linguistics, and to encourage interaction between the two
disciplines on foundational issues.
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