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    Derek Bickerton

    Derek Bickerton

    contemporaryLinguistics and Philosophy of Language

    1926 – 2018

    Derek Bickerton (1926-2018) was a British-American linguist best known for his work on creole languages and the origins of human language. He proposed the language bioprogram hypothesis, arguing that creoles reveal innate linguistic structures, and contributed to debates on language evolution and philosophy of mind.

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    Notable Achievements

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    Proposed the language bioprogram hypothesis

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    Pioneered the study of creole languages and their formation

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    Authored 'Language and Species' on the evolutionary origins of language

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    Contributed to debates on protolanguage and human cognitive evolution

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    Bridged linguistics with philosophy of mind and language

    Positions & Arguments

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    Skepticism

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    The inference from premises (1)-(3) to the conclusion that grammar G is unlearnable from the pld (period) involves an equivocation

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    Katz's argument by elimination for platonism fails

    Philosophy of Language

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    The inference from premises (1)-(3) to the conclusion that grammar G is unlearnable from the pld (period) involves an equivocation

    Truth & Knowledge

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    Katz's argument by elimination for platonism fails

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    Linguistics and Philosophy of Language

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    Skepticism2
    Truth & Knowledge1
    Philosophy of Language1

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