Philosopher

Noam Chomsky

Linguist and political thinker — MIT and the University of Arizona

MIT (emeritus) · University of Arizona · United States · d. 7 December 1928

The thinker who transformed linguistics with the theory of generative grammar, and who is equally known for his critique of the media and of foreign policy. He has been receiving treatment in Brazil since the brain haemorrhage he suffered in 2024.

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Life: b. 7 December 1928 — living
Country: United States
Period: Contemporary
School: Generative grammar, Anarcho-syndicalism
Affiliation: MIT (emeritus) · University of Arizona
Areas: Philosophy of language, Cognitive science, Politics, Media criticism
Major works: Syntactic Structures (1957)
Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (1965)
Manufacturing Consent (with Edward S. Herman, 1988)
Hegemony or Survival (2003)
Key concepts: Universal grammar, Transformational grammar, Manufacturing consent, Cartesian linguistics

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