An interesting read

[Yehuda N. Falk]

All,

Shalom Lappin, Robert Levine, and David Johnson have recently written a
critique of the blind adoption of the Minimalist Program by many former
GB-ers. They compare the blind faith displayed in Chomsky with the status
of great scientists like Einstein in their fields.

I think the piece is a sad but true commentary on the state of our field.
For anyone interested, the URL is:

http://semantics.phil.kcl.ac.uk/lapp_lev_johns/

It is entitled "The Structure of Unscientific Revolutions."

Regards,
Your List Maintainer


                            Yehuda N. Falk
       Department of English, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
                     Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
                        msyfalk at mscc.huji.ac.il
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