The Science of Language (50 page)

Marx, Karl
122

mathematics
127
,
165
,
214
,
215
,
266

capacity for
15
,
136

formal functions in
166–169

and language
181

semantics for
251
,
252

Mayr, Ernst
174

meaning
29
,
98
,
199
,
206
,
250
,
252
,
270
,
273

computational theory of
213

construction of a science of
226–230

externalist science of
209–220

methodology for a theory of
226
,
227

study of
261

theories of
221

theory of
212
,
214
,
217
,
226

Mehler, Jacques
55

Merge
16
,
77
,
91
,
181
,
236
,
243
,
263
,
279–280

centrality of
41
,
60
,
62
,
176
,
245

consequences of
17

and edge properties
17
,
41

Merge, external
17
,
166
,
201
,
238
,
263

Merge, internal
16
,
25
,
29
,
85
,
201
,
238
,
264

mutation giving rise to
43
,
52

origin of
14
,
15

Pair Merge
201
,
264

and psychic identity
28

uniqueness to humans
25
,
200
,
205

metaphor
195

metaphysics
125
,
157

Mikhail, John
63
,
99
,
100
,
109
,
129
,
286

Mill, John Stuart
121
,
122
,
287

Miller, George
81

mind

as a causal mechanism
138

computational sciences of
247

computational theory of
280

philosophy of
186
,
255

place of language in
69–74

representational theory of
162
,
188

science of
138–151
,
212
,
288

theory of
14

Minimalist Program
24
,
83
,
84
,
233
,
235–236
,
237
,
245
,
246
,
264

and adaptationism
172

aim of
42
,
199

simplicity and
80
,
243
,
285

modes of presentation (MOPs)
187
,
190
,
217
,
219
,
275

roles of
218

morality
99
,
100
,
109
,
287

character of
110

conflicting systems
114

generation of action or judgment
110

moral truisms
101
,
102

theories of
110
,
135

trolley problems
109

and universalization
113–117

Moravcsik, Julius
164

morphemes
81
,
149

morphology
52
,
54
,
195

distributed
27

and syntax
200

Morris, Charles
250

Move
108

mutations
14
,
43
,
170
,
171

survival of
51
,
53

mysterianism
97

Nagel, Thomas
98

Narita, Hiroki
57

nativism
187
,
217
,
283

natural numbers
204

natural sciences
18
,
38

natural selection
58
,
76
,
104
,
143
,
157

Navajo language
277

neural networks
225

neurophysiology
74

Newton, Isaac
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,
67
,
72
,
88
,
127
,
134

alchemy
67

nominalism
87
,
91

non-violence
114

Norman Conquest
84

objective existence
169

optimism
118–123
,
288

parameters
39–45
,
54
,
239–242
,
277
,
282
,
283

and acquisition of language
241

choice of
45
,
83

developmental constraints in
243

functional categories
240

head-final
55
,
240

headedness macroparameter
241
,
276

linearization parameter
55

macroparameters
55

microparameters
55
,
84
,
241

polysynthesis
55

and simplicity
80

Peck, James
288

Peirce, Charles Sanders
96
,
132
,
184
,
250

abduction
168
,
183
,
246
,
248

truth
133
,
136

perfection
50–58
,
172
,
175
,
263–264
,
279

person, concept of
125
,
126
,
271
,
284

‘forensic' notion of
125

persuasion
114
,
116

Pesetsky, David
30

Petitto, Laura-Ann
48
,
78

phenomenalism
211

philosophers
129–131
,
282
,
283

contribution of
129

contribution to science
129

philosophy
181

accounts of visual sensations
255–257

of language
35
,
273

of mind
186
,
255

problems in
286

and psychology
140

phonemes
81

phonetic/phonological interfaces
161
,
194
,
253
,
278

phonology
28
,
40
,
52
,
54
,
57
,
109
,
208

physicalism
187

physics
19
,
65
,
106
,
144

and chemistry
65

folk physics
72

theoretical
18
,
65
,
73
,
100

Piattelli-Palmarini, Massimo
140
,
246
,
279

Pietroski, Paul

concepts
47
,
199
,
200
,
209

semantics
198
,
211
,
223
,
229
,
254

Pinker, Steven
166
,
170
,
172
,
176

Pirahã language
30

Plato
115

Plato's Problem
23
,
195
,
236
,
244
,
246
,
266

Poincaré, Henri
65

politics
116
,
119
,
145
,
146
,
152

poverty of the stimulus observations
5
,
23
,
40
,
177
,
200
,
227
,
233
,
262

power
120

pragmatic information
30

pragmatics
36
,
130
,
250–254
,
289

definition of
250

and reference
253

principles and parameters approach to linguistic theory
24
,
53
,
235
,
236
,
240
,
245
,
276

language acquisition
60
,
82
,
83
,
149

and simplicity
246

progress
118
,
145
,
183

projection problem
83
,
89

prosody
37

psychic continuity
26
,
205
,
207
,
271

psychology
219

of belief and desire
138
,
141

comparative
21

evolutionary
103–107
,
111

folk psychology
72
,
141

and philosophy
140

rationalistic
255

scientific
140

psychology, comparative
21

public intellectuals
122

Pustejovsky, James
164
,
195

Putnam, Hilary
95
,
126
,
138