노엄 촘스키

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에이브럼 노엄 촘스키(영어: Avram Noam Chomsky 에이브럼 놈 촘스키[*], 영어 발음: /ˌnoʊm ˈtʃɒmski/, 1928년 12월 7일~)는 미국의 언어학자, 철학자, 인지 과학자, 역사가, 사회비평가, 정치운동가, 아나키스트, 저술가이며, 좌파 학자이다. 현대 언어학의 아버지로 묘사되기도 한다. 매사추세츠 공과대학교의 명예교수이며, 애리조나 대학교의 교수이다.

Avram Noam Chomsky is an American intellectual, philosopher, linguist, political activist, and social critic. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is a laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and an institute professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Among the most cited living authors, Chomsky has written more than 150 books on topics such as linguistics, war, and politics. In addition to his work in linguistics, since the 1960s, Chomsky has been an influential voice on the American Left as a consistent critic of the foreign policy of the United States, contemporary capitalism, and corporatocracy.