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The Ideas of Chomsky
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Linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology transformed the nature of linguistics before he was 40. In this program with world-renowned author and prof...
Linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology transformed the nature of linguistics before he was 40. In this program with world-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee, the outspoken Chomsky challenges accepted notions of the way in which language is learned, examines the relationship of language to experience, and discusses the philosophical nature of knowledge.
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- Creator
- BBC Worldwide Ltd
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2005], c1977
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (47 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9781421394572
- OCLC
- ocn741357731
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on Sept. 19, 2005.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Chomsky: Language Acquisition (6:06) -- Language Faculty in Humans (4:09) -- Language: Modes of Investigation (3:53) -- Genetic Pre-Programming and Creativity (7:06) -- Nature and Substance of Theories (4:28) -- Knowledge, Mental Faculties, and Music (5:26) -- Games, Psychology, and Hume (5:49) -- Chomsky and Liberalism (7:24)