15 Questions
What were the three related arenas of philosophical thought influential in the first half of the twentieth century?
Positivism, empiricism, and logical positivism
Who were the classical sources of the empiricist tradition?
John Locke and David Hume
What was the fundamental claim of empiricism?
All human knowledge has its origins in the human senses
Who were the originators of the positivist tradition?
August Comte and Ernst Mach
What was the goal of positivism?
To sweep away what it perceived as the dusty cobwebs of metaphysics
What was the fundamental claim of empiricism?
All human knowledge has its origins in the human senses
Which tradition called for skepticism of scientific concepts but was fundamentally committed to the primacy of scientific knowledge?
Logical positivism
What was the goal of positivism?
To sweep away what it perceived as the dusty cobwebs of metaphysics
Which tradition believed that all human knowledge has its origins in the human senses and solely in them?
Empiricism
What was the oldest self-conscious tradition influential throughout much of the first half of the twentieth century?
Empiricism
What is the main challenge in determining the beginning and end of the story of generative phonology?
The conflicting opinions on where the story should start and end
According to the passage, what was the starting point of generative phonology?
The study of modern Hebrew morphophonemics
What is one of the main characteristics shared by the theories of phonological representations studied in the 1980s and generative phonology?
Similar spirit and mood
In what way does the passage describe the story of generative phonology?
As a story marked by continuity and rupture
What characteristic differentiates the theories of phonological representations studied in the 1980s from generative phonology?
Stronger historical roots in pre-generative than in generative phonology
Explore the origins, principles, and successors of generative phonology with this quiz. Delve into the continuity and rupture of this linguistic theory as it evolved in the United States and abroad.
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