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Reflections on Language
First edition
AuthorNoam Chomsky
SubjectSocial science
PublisherRandom House
Publication date
1975
Pages269

Reflections on Language is a 1975 book in which MIT linguist Noam Chomsky argues for a rationalist approach to human nature. Under this approach, specific capabilities are innate to humans, as opposed to an empiricist approach in which there is no innate human nature but rather a "blank slate" upon which psychological and social forces act.[1] The New York Times selected the book as among the year's best.[2]

References

  1. ^ Raiser 1977, p. 188.
  2. ^ "1976: A Selection of Noteworthy Titles". The New York Times. December 5, 1976. ISSN 0362-4331.

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