What is Noam Chomsky?
{{Infobox Philosopher |image = Noam Chomsky 2011-04-07 002 (cropped).jpg |region = Western [[Philosophy]] |era = [[20th-century philosophy|20th]] / [[21st-century philosophy]] |color = #B0C4DE |name = Noam Chomsky |image_name = Noam Chomsky portrait 2015.jpg |birth_name = Avram Noam Chomsky |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1928|12|7}} |birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S.}} |death_date = <!--Please add a reliable source with confirmation of his passing before updating article --> |death_place = |school_tradition = [[Linguistics]] |main_interests = [[Linguistics]]{{·}} [[Psychology]]<br />[[Philosophy of language]]<br />[[Politics]]{{·}} [[Ethics]] |notable_ideas = [[Generative grammar]] |influences = [[Bertrand Russell]]{{·}} [[John Dewey]]<br />[[Mikhail Bakunin]]{{·}} [[Wilhelm von Humboldt|W. von Humboldt]]<br />[[Adam Smith]]{{·}} [[Rudolf Rocker]]<br />[[Zellig Harris]]{{·}} [[Immanuel Kant]]<br />[[René Descartes]]{{·}} [[George Orwell]]<br />[[Karl Marx]]{{·}} [[C. West Churchman]]<br />[[W.V.O. Quine]] {{·}} [[Alan Turing]]. |influenced = [[Colin McGinn]]{{·}} [[Edward Said]]<br />[[Steven Pinker]]{{·}} [[Tanya Reinhart]]<br />[[Daniel Everett]]{{·}} [[Morris Halle]]<br />[[Gilbert Harman]]{{·}} [[Jerry Fodor]]<br />[[Howard Lasnik]]{{·}}[[Robert Fisk]]<br /> [[Neil Smith (linguist)|Neil Smith]]{{·}}[[Ray Jackendoff]]<br />[[Norbert Hornstein]]{{·}}[[Jean Bricmont]]<br /> [[Marc Hauser]]{{·}}[[Norman Finkelstein]]<br /> [[Robert Lees (linguist)|Robert Lees]]{{·}} [[Mark Baker (linguist)|Mark Baker]]<br /> [[Julian Boyd]]{{·}}[[Bill Hicks]]<br />[[Ray C. Dougherty]]{{·}}[[Derek Bickerton]]<br />[[Thom Yorke]] }} '''Avram Noam Chomsky''' (born December 7, 1928) is an [[Americans|American]] [[linguistics|linguist]], [[philosopher]], [[political activist]], [[author]], and [[lecturer]]. He was an Institute Professor and professor [[emeritus]] of linguistics at the [[Massachusetts Institu