Language and Learning: The Debate Between Jean Piaget and Noam Chomsky

abstract acquisition argue argument assimilation behavior believe biological brain capacity Changeux Chapter child chimpanzee Chomskian Chomsky and Piaget Chomsky's cognitive structures complex concept constructions constructivism debate developmental discussion domain environment evolution example exist experience explain fact fixed nucleus Fodor formal genes genetically determined grammar guage H₁ hypothesis ical induction innate innatist Jacques Mehler Jean Piaget Jerry Fodor kind knowledge Language of Thought learning linguistic logic Lorenz mathematics meaning mechanisms ment mental mind nature neuronal Noam Chomsky notion object organism paper particular perceptron phenocopy phenotype physical Piagetian possible predicate Premack present principle problem properties propositional calculus psychology Putnam question reason relevant René Thom representation Royaumont rules scientific seems semantic semiotic sense sensorimotor sensorimotor intelligence sentences simple specific stage struc structure-dependent subroutine symbolic syntactic tautology theory thing tion tive transformational grammar ture words