In this compelling volume, ten distinguished thinkers -- William G. Lycan, Galen Strawson, Jeffrey Poland, Georges Rey, Frances Egan, Paul Horwich, Peter Ludlow, Paul Pietroski, Alison Gopnik, and Ruth Millikan -- address a variety of conceptual issues raised in Noam Chomsky's work. Distinguished list of critics: William G. Lycan, Galen Strawson, Jeffrey Poland, Georges Rey, Frances Egan, Paul Horwich, Peter Ludlow, Paul Pietroski, Alison Gopnik, and Ruth Millikan. Includes Chomsky's substantial new replies and responses to each essay. The best critical introduction to Chomsky's thought as a whole.

In this compelling volume, ten distinguished thinkers -- William G. Lycan, Galen Strawson, Jeffrey Poland, Georges Rey, Frances Egan, Paul Horwich, Peter Ludlow, Paul Pietroski, Alison Gopnik, and Ruth Millikan -- address a variety of conceptual issues raised in Noam Chomsky's work.* Distinguished list of critics: William G. Lycan, Galen Strawson, Jeffrey Poland, Georges Rey, Frances Egan, Paul Horwich, Peter Ludlow, Paul Pietroski, Alison Gopnik, and Ruth Millikan.* Includes Chomsky's substantial new replies and responses to each essay.* The best critical introduction to Chomsky's thought as a whole.

Notes on Contributors.Acknowledgements.Introduction: Norbert Hornstein (University of Maryland, CollegePark) and Louise M. Antony (The Ohio State University).1. Chomsky on the Mind-Body Problem: William G. Lycan(University of North Carolina).2. Chomsky's Challenge to Physicalism: Jeffrey Poland(University of Nebraska-Lincoln).3. Real Materialism: Galen Strawson (University of Reading).4. Naturalistic Inquiry: Where does Mental Representation FitIn?: Frances Egan (Rutgers University).5. Chomsky, Intentinality and a CRTT: Georges Rey (University ofMaryland, College Park).6. Referential Semantics for I-languages?: Peter Ludlow (StateUniversity of New York, Stony Brook).7. Meaning and Its Place in the Language Faculty: Paul Horwich(Graduate Center of the City University of New York).8. Small Verbs, Complex Events: Analyticity without Synonymy:Paul M. Pietroski (University of Maryland, College Park).9. In Defense of Public Language: Ruth Garrett Millikan(University of Connecticut).10. The Theory Theory as an Alternative to the InnatenessHypothesis: Alison Gopnik (Universtiy of California atBerkeley).11. Replies: Noam Chomsky (Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology).12. Major Works By and About Noam Chomsky (MassachusettsInstitute of Technology).Index.