El debate filosófico en torno a la explicación de unicidad de la facultad lingüística humana

• Gonzalo, Adriana ^[1] ; Blanco, Daniel ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Nacional del Litoral

     Universidad Nacional del Litoral

     Argentina

     
• Localización: Ludus vitalis: revista de filosofía de las ciencias de la vida = journal of philosophy of life sciences = revue de philosophie des sciences de la vie, ISSN 1133-5165, Vol. 25, Nº. 47, 2017, págs. 107-139
• Idioma: español
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  • The philosophical debate on the explanation of the unicity of the human language facultyThis contribution explicates some aspects of the recent debate within the context of generative linguistic regarding the explanation for the phylogenetic origin of the language faculty in humans. Two positions involved in the discussions about scientific explanation are distinguished and philosophically analyzed in the light of the structuralist program for science. In our analysis, we consider the phenomenon to be explained-explanandum—and show its distinct characterization in both postures. This fact affects the decision about which theory is applied for its explanation-explanans—together with the role played by the theory of natural selection. The explanatory proposals of the two evaluated positions are schematically reconstructed, and we critically discuss some epistemological issues involved in the debate.