Chomsky on the Mind-Body Problem

Chomsky and His Critics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 11-28

  Lycan, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviorism; Cognitive science; Functionalism; Language learning; Philosophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948764362     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470690024.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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