Understanding Noam Chomsky #7: Semantics, Meaning, & Innate Ideas (with Paul Pietroski)

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This conversation is part of the 'Understanding Noam Chomsky' Series ('Dare to know!' Philosophy Podcast). Today we are joined by Paul Pietroski. Paul Pietroski is Professor of Philosophy & Cognitive Science at Rutgers University. He is the author of several books including ‘Causing Actions’ &  ‘Events and Semantic Architecture' & most recently ‘Conjoining Meanings: Semantics without Truth Values’.

In this episode of the Dare to know! Podcast we discuss Semantics, Meaning, & Innate Ideas.

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GUEST INFO:
http://ling.umd.edu/~hornstein/

HOST INFO:
My name is Fabian Corver, living in the Netherlands. I graduated last year from my Master's in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. Currently, working for AI-focused start-up and reading lots of philosophy at night.

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
0:42 - Background
3:51 - Traditional approaches to semantics
8:58 - Putnam: "Cut the pie any way you like, meanings just ain’t in the head!"
15:05 - Austin/Wittgenstein
19:01 - Ambiguity as a guide to meaning
24:29 - Homophony, polysemy, & "Twin-Earth" thought expirement
32:06 - Reference & Science
34:27 - I-meanings
39:00 - Content Innateness & Mechanism Innateness
44:50 - Innate Ideas
52:45 - Future Directions: Internalist Semantics
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