ISSN: 1308-6200 | Publisher: Kültür Ajans 

Karadeniz International Scientific Journal

This is an internationally refereed social science journal that is published every three months (quarterly) in electronic-based and print-based since 2009. The journal publishes four issues each year (March, June, September, and December).

The publication language of this journal is Turkish, English, or Russian.

This is an open-access journal. Therefore, all issues and articles published so far can be accessed free of charge from the journal's website.

 

Issue 14
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ON CHOMSKY'S OBJECTION TO BEHAVIORISTAPPROACHES TO LANGUAGE

Atakan ALTINÖRS

İn this paper, our objective was to investigate the criticism directed by Chomsky to "behaviorist" approaches on language, from a "mentalist" perspective. For this purpose, we first tried to present key arguments of mentalist philosophy of language by referring to the ideas of its principal representatives in the history of philosophy. Thereafter, we briefly reviewed emergence of behaviorism in psychology and examined its versions adapted to philosophy of language. İn the light of our preparatory studies, we discussed why and how Chomsky criticized the behaviorist movement in philosophy of language.

Key Words: Philosophy of language, behaviorism, mentalism, Chomsky, Skinner, Bloomfield, Russell, Quine, Stevenson, Descartes, Port-Royal.

 

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