OAO - Chomsky

[derrida]

I think one would be misreading Chomsky if they decided that his theories pointed towards the existance of an innate knowledge. It is more likely that Chomsky is suggesting that human thought is shaped and constrained by the biological mechanics of the brain, itself formed by the uncertainty of evolution.

I don't think that a discussion of the possible mutually influential co-evolution of our linguistic software and hardware precludes the validity of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, given Lakoff's explanation of consciousness as metaphor.