Childhood: 1928–1945
Chomsky was born on December 7, 1928, in the East Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents, William Chomsky and Elsie Simonofsky, were Meer weergeven

Chomsky is a prominent political dissident. His political views have changed little since his childhood, when he was influenced by … Meer weergeven

Chomsky endeavors to separate his family life, linguistic scholarship, and political activism from each other. An intensely private … Meer weergeven

• American philosophy
• Bosnian genocide denial
• Cambodian genocide denial Meer weergeven

The basis of Chomsky's linguistic theory lies in biolinguistics, the linguistic school that holds that the principles underpinning the structure … Meer weergeven

Chomsky has also been active in a number of philosophical fields, including philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and philosophy of science. In these fields … Meer weergeven

Chomsky has been a defining Western intellectual figure, central to the field of linguistics and definitive in cognitive science, … Meer weergeven