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[44263] Hajime Hoji Mar/20/2014 (Thu) 10:33
The handout of my recent talk (Language Faculty Science) at USC
I gave a talk at USC about a month ago.

Its abstract was:

Title: Language Faculty Science as an Exact Science

"It is generally agreed that it is not possible outside physics and its closely related fields to deduce definite predictions and expect them to be borne out experimentally. I argue in my on-going work that it is indeed possible. What I propose is a consequence of (i) taking as the object of inquiry the language faculty (I-language in the terms of Chomsky 1986) rather than language as an external or externalized object (E-language in the terms of Chomsky 1986), and (ii) adopting the methodological naturalist approach to the study of the language faculty\which maintains that we should approach our subject matter just as researchers in a natural science approach their subject matters (Chomsky 1986, 1993, and 1995, among other places).

In this talk, I provide a conceptual and methodological basis for the claim that language faculty science as an exact science is possible. I address issues such as what can count as facts in language faculty science, how we deduce definite and categorical predictions, and how we can expect our predictions to be supported experimentally. Empirical illustration of the viability of the proposed methodology, on the basis of actual experimental results, will not be covered in this talk\there simply is not enough time for that\although I might try to give a very rough picture of the general experimental design and actual experimental results if there is time for that."

And its handout is available here

As noted in the abstract, the handout does not cover Experimental results addressed in the book. Nor does it address how Experiments are conducted. See the table of contents of the book provided in the handout. When the book is out, it will be accompanied by a website where the details of all the Experiments discussed in the book are provided.

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[44357] Hajime Hoji Apr/26/2014 (00:31)The table of content of Language Faculty Science