Internalism as Methodology

Internalism as Methodology

This paper scrutinizes the recent proposal made by Lassiter (2008) that the dichotomy between Chomskyan internalism and Dummett-type externalism is misguided and should be overcome by an approach that incorporates sociolinguistic concepts such as speakers’ dispositions to defer. We argue that Lassit...

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Main Authors: Terje Lohndal, Hiroki Narita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Biolinguistics 2009-10-01
Series:Biolinguistics
Subjects:
externalism
internalism
sociolinguistics
Online Access:http://biolinguistics.eu/index.php/biolinguistics/article/view/92
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spelling doaj-53f4154c60014e29b24943a8d12634012020-11-25T00:36:36ZengBiolinguisticsBiolinguistics1450-34172009-10-013432133179Internalism as MethodologyTerje Lohndal0Hiroki Narita1University of MarylandHarvard UniversityThis paper scrutinizes the recent proposal made by Lassiter (2008) that the dichotomy between Chomskyan internalism and Dummett-type externalism is misguided and should be overcome by an approach that incorporates sociolinguistic concepts such as speakers’ dispositions to defer. We argue that Lassiter’s arguments are flawed and based on a serious misunder-standing of the internalist approach to the study of natural language, failing to appreciate its methodological nature and conclude that Lassiter’s socio-linguistic approach is just another instance of externalist attempts with little hope of scientific achievement.http://biolinguistics.eu/index.php/biolinguistics/article/view/92externalisminternalismsociolinguistics
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sociolinguistics
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title Internalism as Methodology
title_short Internalism as Methodology
title_full Internalism as Methodology
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publisher Biolinguistics
series Biolinguistics
issn 1450-3417
publishDate 2009-10-01
description This paper scrutinizes the recent proposal made by Lassiter (2008) that the dichotomy between Chomskyan internalism and Dummett-type externalism is misguided and should be overcome by an approach that incorporates sociolinguistic concepts such as speakers’ dispositions to defer. We argue that Lassiter’s arguments are flawed and based on a serious misunder-standing of the internalist approach to the study of natural language, failing to appreciate its methodological nature and conclude that Lassiter’s socio-linguistic approach is just another instance of externalist attempts with little hope of scientific achievement.
topic externalism
internalism
sociolinguistics
url http://biolinguistics.eu/index.php/biolinguistics/article/view/92
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