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@schakalsynthetc AFAICT Chomsky's work actually led to useful results in computer science but hurt linguistics for a generation or two.
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@St_Rev trouble, for linguistics, is that the underlying propositions about how language actually works critically depend on being able > -
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@schakalsynthetc Chomsky seems to be a "if the theory and the data conflict, the data is in error" kind of guy. -
@St_Rev yep. what with his premise that "performance" is "degenerate" an' all. it's Platonism all over again. -
@schakalsynthetc I think he's more of an Aristotelian, but yeah. -
@St_Rev well, yeah, but then Aristotle is still "Platonist" by our standards -
@schakalsynthetc Plato + aspie train-schedule fixation = Aristotle
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