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Publication details [#8328]

Sampson, Geoffrey R. 1979. Liberty and language. Oxford University Press. viii + 251 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
empiricism vs. rationalism | freedom | political science
Person as a subject
Chomsky, N.

Annotation

S. tries to outline a background of ideas which, according to him, unifies Chomsky's linguistic and political thinking. He criticizes Chomsky's rationalism, and proposes empiricism and the resulting liberalism as an alternative.

Reviewed by

Bracken, Harry M. 1981. Review of $Liberty and language.