Noam Chomsky: My Unlikely Spiritual Guru
How Chomsky’s theory of language shook up my understanding of thoughts and consciousness
Controversial Linguist
Noam Chomsky, the Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and an Institute Professor Emeritus at MIT, is something of an iconoclast.
A controversial yet respected member of the linguistic intelligentsia, Prof. Chomsky has amassed critics and supporters alike, but none to dispute his brilliance in the field.
His scientific work transformed the landscape of linguistics, and with no alternative theories to refute his influential and original ideas, Prof. Chomsky’s theory of language has staked its prominence in the field simply by its sheer presence.
If there were a list of the top intelligent people of our times, he is certain to score a spot.
With such lofty laurels, Prof. Chomsky sure flabbergasts me silly, not with his complex ideas that clearly fly a mile over my head, but with his by-the-by sort of supplementary observations.
