TY -  JOUR
PY -  2009
SN -  2035-357X
T1 -  "Vale la pena di partecipare". Rèponse à Francesco Ferretti
JO -  PARADIGMI
DA -  5/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
DO -  10.3280/PARA2009-001013
UR -  http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/Scheda_rivista.aspx?idArticolo=36108
AU -  Auroux, Sylvain
SP -  173
EP -  183
IS -  1
VL -  
LA -  IT
AB -  <em>"Vale la pena di partecipare" (Reply to F. Ferretti)</em> -  F. Ferretti quotes a random sample of recent studies as proofs against my arguments, and makes no mention of the conspicuous failure of glottochronology, of the one-sided methods of Ruhlen’s linguistic comparison, of the questionable corres - pondences of languages with populations genetics. He clearly passes over the second, epistemological, part of the book. In his exposition, the different planes of discussion are systematically mixed up and my arguments repeatedly misinterpreted. My Reply is focused on a few points. In particular: the import of evolutionary theories on discussions of language origin, the notion of a "faculty" or "instinct" of language, the status of linguistics as an empirical science, the relations of evolutionary psychology with sociobiology. Finally, I challenge F. Ferretti’s assertion, that the refutation of naturalism must necessarily result in embracing idealism. Keywords: Comparativism, Language faculty, Language origin, Limits of linguistic reconstruction, Naturalism, Sociobiology.
PB -  FrancoAngeli
ER -