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international / miscellaneous / other press Friday February 04, 2011 18:44 by Chris Knight
Chris Knight of the Radical Anthropology Group continues his examination of Chomsky's life and work. In particular he analyses an early work by Chomsky: Cartesian linguistics. He also looks at some sources Chomsky tapped for funding in his early days. Full text at link. In 1966, Noam Chomsky (pictured) published his Cartesian linguistics. The book was a survey of rationalist conceptions of language and mind, focusing heavily on the French mathematician and philosopher, Réné Descartes (1596-1650). In his early years, Chomsky had been working within the structuralist tradition of Ferdinand de Saussure, Roman Jakobson, Leonard Bloomfield and his own teacher, Zellig Harris. Chomsky wrote Cartesian linguistics in order to signal to the world his change of mind. His distinctively 'Cartesian' approach, he now clarified, was a rebellion against the entire 20th century tradition of structural linguistics. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / event notice Friday February 04, 2011 16:03 by Stop Shell Hell
Come up to the camp for a weekend of non-violent direct action (nvda) training, meet the community and see this incredible place. If you have ever wanted to take action and be part of the campaign, the time is now! All welcome, open to complete beginners-no experience necessary! read full story / add a comment
national / education / opinion/analysis Friday February 04, 2011 10:15 by Sean Crudden
When I was young I remember my father and mother discussing someone in fairly heated terms. The epithet used to some up the discussion was that this person (I do not remember who it was) was a "dog in the manger." I was all ears and later I got my mother to explain to me what a "dog in the manger" meant. "The dog cannot eat the hay," my mother elaborated, "But he won't let the horse eat it." read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Friday February 04, 2011 09:30 by London Catholic Worker
February 4th. 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - NO EMBARGO PRESS RELEASE "FREE ASSANGE! FREE MANNING! FREE SPEECH!" Four Days of Action announced for Julian Assange and Bradley Manning 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th February read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday February 04, 2011 01:01 by Ronoc
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I have watched the recent BBC3 documentary about Cannabis consumption in the UK. There's interviews with people who say they are addicted and then people who are not, and in the latest episode, it was about drug smuggling and illegal immigrants who work in the house where the weed is grown. The customs manage to stop alot of weed getting into the UK but its only a fraction, and the money involved is quite alot. Its shows all the negative sides of the illegal trade and trys to make smokers feel guilty. But I wonder if it was legal how much money could be made from this crop and how much crime would be cut... read full story / add a comment |
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