Jeff defends Chomsky in Scientific American

Jeffrey Lidz responds to recent claims that Chomsky's views on language and its acquisition have been discredited.

In a blog post for Scientific American, Jeffrey Lidz responds to recent claims that Chomsky's views on language and its acquisition have been discredited. Jeff argues that these claims misunderstand Chomsky's actual positions, and fail to argue against them. With a variety of examples, he characterizes the sort of data that motivate Chomsky's positions, and on which his critics are silent.