THE LANGUAGE OF THOUGHT: MYTHS AND FACTS

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TALEBINEZHAD MOHAMMAD REZA; JALILIFAR A.R.

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Journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES (THE JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES) Year:2008 | Volume:15 | Issue:1 Page(s): 83-95

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THE LANGUAGE OF THOUGHT: MYTHS AND FACTS

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TALEBINEZHAD MOHAMMAD REZA | JALILIFAR A.R. | Issue Writer Certificate

Keywords

UNIVERSAL GRAMMARQ3

LANGUAGE OF THOUGHTQ3

VERIFIABILITYQ3

FALSIFIABILITYQ3

RATIONALISMQ3

POSITIVISMQ3

Abstract

Throughout the years, philosophers and psychologists have striven to solve the mindboggling question of learning by juxtaposing the two competing theories, namely, empiricism and RATIONALISM. They have usually opted for one and ruled out the other on the grounds that it cannot account for learning because theoretical and empirical evidence discredits it. Since 1965, with the publication of Chomsky's Aspects of the Theory of Syntax in which, he explicitly introduces the notion of UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR and implicitly employs the term to support Fodor's philosophical view of learning in terms of 'language of thought', the rationalistic arguments seem to have taken over this never-ending and perpetual battle. Here in this article, it is argued that despite its popularity among a good number of scholars, the rationalistic account of learning suffers from serious flaws. A conglomerate of empirical and theoretical evidence challenges the notion of 'language of thought'. Self-interpretive power of the LANGUAGE OF THOUGHT, inaccessibility of cognitive theories to truth conditional meaning, meaningful experiences, inability to test memory, problems with modularity and regulation are simply some of the arguments that might be raised against the idea of 'language of thought'. Finally, a framework for the acquisition of language is presented.

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TALEBINEZHAD, MOHAMMAD REZA, & JALILIFAR, A.R.. (2008). THE LANGUAGE OF THOUGHT: MYTHS AND FACTS. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES (THE JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES), 15(1), 83-95. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/78240/en

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TALEBINEZHAD MOHAMMAD REZA, JALILIFAR A.R.. THE LANGUAGE OF THOUGHT: MYTHS AND FACTS. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES (THE JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES)[Internet]. 2008;15(1):83-95. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/78240/en

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MOHAMMAD REZA TALEBINEZHAD, and A.R. JALILIFAR, “THE LANGUAGE OF THOUGHT: MYTHS AND FACTS,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES (THE JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES), vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 83–95, 2008, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/78240/en

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