Avram Noam Chomsky (; born December 7, 1928) is an American
linguist,
philosopher,
cognitive scientist,
historian,
logician,
social critic, and
political activist. Sometimes described as "the father of modern linguistics," Chomsky is also a major figure in
analytic philosophy, and one of the founders of the field of
cognitive science. He has spent most of his career at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he is currently
Institute Professor Emeritus, and is the author of over 100 books, primarily on politics and linguistics. Ideologically, he aligns with
anarcho-syndicalism and
libertarian socialism.
