Innate mechanism or acquired instrument: nature of language as basis for understanding cognitive abilities of human beings

Authors

  • Olga Viktorovna Gorodovich Tomsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25206/2542-0488-2021-6-4-87-91

Keywords:

universal grammar, nativism, Chomsky’s hypothesis, educational practices, cognitive approach, human nature

Abstract

The article contains a critical review of modern problems of Universal Grammar theory by Noam Chomsky. It examines the origins of the theory, the process of its development, the transition to the ‘Second Cognitive Revolution’ and some recent objections to Chomsky’s hypothesis about the innate status of our knowledge of language.

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Author Biography

Olga Viktorovna Gorodovich, Tomsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia

Head of Marketing Communications Center, Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics; Graduate Student in the Direction «Philosophy, Ethics and Religious Studies», Tomsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch of RAS.

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Published

2021-12-03

How to Cite

Gorodovich О. В. (2021). Innate mechanism or acquired instrument: nature of language as basis for understanding cognitive abilities of human beings. Omsk Scientific Bulletin. Series Society. History. Modernity, 6(4), 87–91. https://doi.org/10.25206/2542-0488-2021-6-4-87-91

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 4 (2021)

Section

Philosophy

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