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A biological module need not be pointed at to be functional. You can reason about a module given its properties while simultaneously continue to look for what c
by why-el 12y ago
A biological module need not be pointed at to be functional. You can reason about a module given its properties while simultaneously continue to look for what constitutes that module.
Chomsky has argued that this module could be standing alone, or it could be something that actively recruits from other mental faculties. There is nothing in his writings that suggest that this module can only be separate one, or that language as a whole must be reduced to one gene. In fact, Chomsky and few others are strong believers that whatever gave rise to language did give rise to a whole set of other mental capabilities, and this is exactly what research into complex tooling is confirming.
This article does not contradict the ideas that originated with Chomsky in the slightest, despite some paragraphs claiming otherwise.
- gmarx 12y agoIt's a strange thing you see in many popular press science stories; It's not enough to report the findings. They want some kind of human conflict. So contradicting a person like Chomsky gets the reader more involved.