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Can't think of anything that sounds impressive and fits in 2 sentences?

• rms 18y ago
  Absolutely not. But linguistics seems like a legitimate enough field, and Chomsky is considered rather influential there. His work seems to follow logically from Wittgenstein's point that a lot of philosophy comes down to the precise meanings of words.
  • qqq 18y ago
    So you're just going by his reputation? I have read about some of his ideas and formed the opinion that they are bad (apart from the one i mentioned).
    • rms 18y ago
      Ignore his politics, though I personally have a great deal of respect for people with extreme politics. The Chomsky hierarchy -- a method of classifying formal grammars. Seems computer science-y enough that you'll consider it as something real. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chomsky_hierarchy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chomsky_hierarchy
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