J. O'Connor on Chomsky

[Paul Henry Rosenberg]

Barbara Laurence wrote:
> 
> I once read an article by Chomsky in a magazine in the dentist's office. He
> made a series of claims about Marxism, all of which were questionable. I
> wrote Chomsky (who I've met exactly once in the anti-war days), explaining
> why his claims were questionable. He wrote back: "I agree with everything
> you said in your letter and I wouldn't change a thing in my article." Well,
> how about that as a show stopper.
> 
> I've been looking for an account that links Chomsky's radical humanism in
> politics with his universal grammar and other scientific work. I guess that
> the former has something to do with the latter. Anyone know any discussion
> of this.
> Jim O'Connor

Chomsky has repeatedly denied that there's any connection between his
work in linguistics and his politics.

-- 
Paul Rosenberg
Reason and Democracy
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