Noam Chomsky, that innovative linguistic, is not known for mincing words. Now it seems language—his raison d’etre—is keeping him out of the West Bank. Chomsky was set to give a lecture at Birzeit University when he was stopped at the Jordan border. According to the professor, “the government did not like the kinds of things I say and they did not like that I was only talking at Birzeit and not at an Israeli university too.” For a linguist, that seems somewhat fitting. See full article.
What is Disagreement? – Part IV
This is Part 4 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
