Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky is an American theoretical linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and political activist who played a pivotal role in the cognitive revolution. He earned his BA, MA, and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, and serves as a laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and institute professor emeritus at MIT. He has authored more than 150 books, including Syntactic Structures, Manufacturing Consent, and Who Rules the World?, and has received honors such as a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Kyoto Prize, and the Benjamin Franklin Medal.