?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Can+Internalism+and+Externalism+be+Reconciled+in+a+Biological+Epistemology+of+Language%3F&rft.creator=Mondal%2C+Prakash&rft.subject=Theoretical+Biology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Syntax&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.description=This+paper+is+an+attempt+at+exploring+the+possibility+of+reconciling+the+two+interpretations+of+biolinguistics+which+have+been+recently+projected+by+Koster(Biolinguistics+3(1)%3A61%E2%80%9392%2C+2009).+The+two+interpretations%E2%80%94trivial+and+nontrivial%E2%80%94can+be+roughly+construed+as+non-internalist+and+internalist+conceptions+of+biolinguistics+respectively.+The+internalist+approach+boils+down+to+a+conception+of+language+where+language+as+a+mental+grammar+in+the+form+of+I-language+grows+and+functions+like+a+biological+organ.+On+the+other+hand%2C+under+such+a+construal+consistent+with+Koster%E2%80%99s+(Biolinguistics+3(1)%3A61-92%2C+2009)%2C+the+non-internalist+version+does+not+necessarily+have+to+be+externalist+in+nature%3B+rather+it+is+a+matter+of+mutual+reinforcement+of+biology+and+culture+under+the+rubric+of+a+co-evolutionary+dynamics.+Here+it+will+be+argued+that+the+apparent+dichotomy+between+these+two+conceptions+of+biolinguistics+can+perhaps+be+resolved+if+we+have+a+richer+synthesis+that+accounts+for+both+internalism+and+non-internalism.&rft.publisher=Springer&rft.date=2011-05&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7708%2F1%2Ffulltext.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mondal%2C+Prakash++(2011)+Can+Internalism+and+Externalism+be+Reconciled+in+a+Biological+Epistemology+of+Language%3F++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7708%2F