I'm reminded of a 400 leve linguistics class I took in undergrad. We had just read Chomsky's Remarks on Nominalization, and one of my classmates remarked, "I don't think this Chomsky guy understands X-Bar theory". The joke being that Chomsky was the major developer of X-Bar theory. We were just reading an early work of his.
This also reminds me of evolution. Some people looked at discoveries in epigenetics and declared that it disproved Darwinian evolution in favor of Lamarckian evolution.
Sure, Darwin's theory of natural selection combined with random variation at the point of reproduction does not explain 100% of evolution, but it is still covers most of it.
This also reminds me of evolution. Some people looked at discoveries in epigenetics and declared that it disproved Darwinian evolution in favor of Lamarckian evolution.
Sure, Darwin's theory of natural selection combined with random variation at the point of reproduction does not explain 100% of evolution, but it is still covers most of it.