[Xmca-l] Re: Chomsky, Vygotsky, and phenomenology

Carol Macdonald carolmacdon@gmail.com
Wed Dec 17 06:34:56 PST 2014


Martin

I stand corrected:  those passed me by completely. One after my MA was
completed and one after I stated teaching psychology and pedagogy.

If you have copies, please let us have them.

Carol

On 17 December 2014 at 16:24, Martin John Packer <mpacker@uniandes.edu.co>
wrote:
>
> Old codger that I am, Carol, I am going to take issue with you here too!
> In 1975 Piaget and Chomsky had a public debate. I assume that each did
> their homework beforehand and read at least something of the other's work!
> :)
>
> Martin
>
> Piattelli-Palmarini, M. (1980). Language and learning: The debate between
> Jean Piaget and Noam Chomsky. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
>
> Piattelli-Palmarini, M. (1994). Ever since language and learning:
> Afterthoughts on the Piaget-Chomsky debate. Cognition, 50(1), 315-346.
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 17, 2014, at 8:54 AM, Carol Macdonald <carolmacdon@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Well yes, and as linguistic and psychology student I was very proud of
> him
> > for his review, it made me laugh and laugh.  But Chomsky never read
> Piaget
> > or Vygotsky.  He would have been interested in Vygotsky's interpretation
> of
> > Behaviousrism.
> >
> > As to cognitive psychology - well I suppose we should be pleased, but
> > Chomsky had no direct hand in that.
> >
> > Carol.
> >
> > On 17 December 2014 at 14:49, Martin John Packer <
> mpacker@uniandes.edu.co>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Chomsky knew enough about psychology to write a devastating review of B.
> >> F. Skinner's book 'Verbal behavior,' which still makes very interesting
> >> reading. And Chomsky's own book 'Syntactic Structures' was one of the
> key
> >> components in the emergence of cognitive psychology in the late 1950s,
> as
> >> Howard Gardner's book makes clear.
> >>
> >> Martin
> >>
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Carol A  Macdonald Ph D (Edin)
> > Developmental psycholinguist
> > Academic, Researcher,  and Editor
> > Honorary Research Fellow: Department of Linguistics, Unisa
>
>
>

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Carol A  Macdonald Ph D (Edin)
Developmental psycholinguist
Academic, Researcher,  and Editor
Honorary Research Fellow: Department of Linguistics, Unisa


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