Four ways from universal to particular: how Chomsky’s principles-and-parameters model is not selectionist

DOI10.1080/11663081.2016.1214803zbMath1398.03053arXiv1410.4501OpenAlexW2509483680MaRDI QIDQ4586162

David P. Ellerman

Publication date: 12 September 2018

Published in: Journal of Applied Non-Classical Logics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.4501

zbMATH Keywords

logic of partitionsgenerative mechanismsChomsky's principles-and-parameters modelinstructionistselectionist

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems related to evolution (92D15) Logic of natural languages (03B65) Other applications of logic (03B80) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

Cites Work

• Counting distinctions: on the conceptual foundations of Shannon's information theory
• THE LOGIC OF PARTITIONS: INTRODUCTION TO THE DUAL OF THE LOGIC OF SUBSETS
• An introduction to partition logic
• General Theory of Natural Equivalences
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