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PHIL202 Timeline - Noam Chomsky

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  • Born December 7th, 1928

    Noam Chomsky was born in Philadelphia, PA on December 7th, 1928 as Avram Noam Chomsky
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    Attends the University of Pennsylvania

    Noam wrote a B.A. thesis about "Morphophonemics of Modern Hebrew" which he revised for his M.A. thesis and published as a book.
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    Attends Harvard University

    Noam Chomsky earned his doctoral in philosophy at Harvard University, studying under the philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine.
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    Professor at MIT

    Noam Chomsky taught classes in linguistics and philosophy at MIT
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    Columbia University

    He worked as a travelling professor for Columbia University
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    Fellow at Princeton University

  • Published a review of B. F. Skinner's Book Verbal Behavior

    One of his first major works which caused him to receive recognition in linguistics
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    Noam Chomsky forms the basis of evolutionary linguistics

    Noam Chomsky revolutionized the way linguists look at language

  • Peter Ludlow interviews Noam Chomsky regarding his philosophy of the mind

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzgYgFzkthQ