Background
Devitt, Michael James was born on September 29, 1938 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Son of Austin James Devitt and Rona May (Gooley) Paulet. came to the United States, 1987.
(The Chomskian revolution in linguistics gave rise to a ne...)
The Chomskian revolution in linguistics gave rise to a new orthodoxy about mind and language. Michael Devitt throws down a provocative challenge to that orthodoxy. What is linguistics about? What role should linguistic intuitions play in constructing grammars? What is innate about language? Is there a "language faculty?" These questions are crucial to our developing understanding of ourselves; Michael Devitt offers refreshingly original answers.
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(The Chomskian revolution in linguistics gave rise to a ne...)
The Chomskian revolution in linguistics gave rise to a new orthodoxy about mind and language. Michael Devitt throws down a provocative challenge to that orthodoxy. What is linguistics about? What role should linguistic intuitions play in constructing grammars? What is innate about language? Is there a 'language faculty'? These questions are crucial to our developing understanding of ourselves; Michael Devitt offers refreshingly original answers. He argues that linguistics is about linguistic reality and is not part of psychology; that linguistic rules are not represented in the mind; that speakers are largely ignorant of their language; that speakers' intuitions do not reflect information supplied by the language faculty and are not the main evidence for grammars; that the rules of 'Universal Grammar' are largely, if not entirely, innate structure rules of thought; indeed, that there is little or nothing to the language faculty. Devitt's controversial theses will prove highly stimulating to anyone working on language and the mind
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Devitt, Michael James was born on September 29, 1938 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Son of Austin James Devitt and Rona May (Gooley) Paulet. came to the United States, 1987.
Bachelor, University Sydney, Australia, 1966. AM, Harvard University, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1972.
Clerk, senior clerk Touche Ross & Company, Sydney, 1958-1964. Lecturer, associate professor University Sydney, 1971-1987. Professor philosophy University Maryland, College Park, 1988—1999.
Distinguished professor philosophy Graduate Center of City University New York, New York City, since 1999. Special professor, since 2006. Visiting associate professor University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1980-1981.
Visiting professor University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1982.
( What is language? How does it relate to the world? How ...)
( In this provocative and wide-ranging book, Michael Devi...)
( In this provocative and wide-ranging book, Michael Devi...)
(The Chomskian revolution in linguistics gave rise to a ne...)
(The Chomskian revolution in linguistics gave rise to a ne...)
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Fellow Australian Academy Humanities.
Married Jane Crawford Munro, June 3, 1966 (divorced September 1986). Children: Saul, Susannah Kate. Married Margaret Lynn Nadler, October 15, 1992.