The biolinguistic thesis states that language is a biological system internal to an individual of the species Homo sapiens sapiens for generating structured linguistic expressions over a potentially unbounded range; the design of the system is determined by a genetic endowment, external stimuli, and natural laws. With such an expansive scope, the thesis can be thoroughly explored only through interdisciplinary enterprises—the organization of which is the desideratum of the Cambridge Biolinguistics Initiative (CBI). We welcome you to participate in this most exciting endeavor. (Continue this manifesto.)

26 January 2012

Meeting Monday 31st October

This week we continued our discussions of poverty of the stimulus arguments, focusing on Jerry Fodor's detailed review of Fiona Cowie's book "What's Within," where Fodor outlines his conception of these arguements in great detail. Thanks to Jeffrey Watumull for suggesting this reading!
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