Chomsky, Popper, et al

[William S. Lear]

On Friday, March 31, 2000 at 11:42:44 (-0800) Scott Martens writes:
>For Bill Lear:
>
>I look forward to seeing the results of your research.  I am
>unaware of a generativist response to those issues, but that
>doesn't mean there isn't one.
>
>Too many linguists are dismissive of the arguments of their
>opponents.  I think that's one reason the generativists don't
>publish rebuttals often.  However, that doesn't excuse me for 
>being dismissive.  I promise to consider the arguments you 
>bring forward seriously, and you and everyone else who reads
>this is allowed to remind me that I said so if I don't.

It's going to be a hard task for me, since I'm not a linguist, just a
programmer.  I'm going to send Chomsky a letter and see if he'll
respond (he usually does, but I know he's quite busy)...

I'm going to try to read *Cartesian Linguistics* this weekend.

Bill