International media reported the news of the death of American philosopher, activist, political scientist and writer Noam Chomskyat 95 years of age, in Sao Paulo, BrazilHowever, this version was denied from the neighboring country.
According to reports in the international press, the intellectual’s death had occurred as a result of a strokewhich kept him hospitalized since last Tuesday, June 11.
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Hours after the broadcast, the Brazilian journalist Afonso Borges made a publication on his social network account X, ensuring that the American intellectual is still alive: “I inform you that the news of Noam Chomsky’s death is fake news“, said.
Who is Noam Chomsky?
Born in Philadelphia, December 7, 1928Chomsky is considered one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century, thanks, in part, to works written such as ‘Syntactic structures’ Written in the late 1950s, at the height of the Cold Warin which he criticized the model of language acquisition based on behavioral psychology and structuralism.
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In addition to his renown in the academic world, Chomsky was also known for his political activism. In this regard, he was highly recognized for his opposition to the Vietnam Warin which he criticized other thinkers of the time who had declared their neutrality in the face of this conflict.
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He is also remembered for having participated in the then called ‘Debate of the Century’, in 1971, in which he argued with Michel Foucaultanother of the great minds of the last century, about the existence and conception of Human nature.
– ‘Syntactic structures’ (1957).
– ‘Aspects of the theory of syntax’ (1965).
– ‘The responsibility of intellectuals’ (1967).
– ‘Knowledge of language’ (1986).
– ‘The guardians of freedom’ (1988).
– ‘Who rules the world?’ (2014).
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