Un estudio de las fuentes de la «Lingüística cartesiana»: Ralph Cudworth (1617-1688)

This article studies three of the most relevant works by Ralph Cudworth (1617-1688), mentioned by Chomsky in his Cartesian Linguistics. Regarding methodology, we assume the pillars of the historiography of linguistics as exposed by Swiggers, and also Brekle’s division into internal and external dimensions, using the theory of textual series as the key instrument (Hassler; Zamorano Aguilar 2013). The hypothesis defended and demonstrated in this work is that Chomsky, in dealing with the Cudworthian theory –even though he includes some epistemologically fundamental elements– obviates key aspects of Cudworth’s contribution not only to 17th century English rationalist philosophy, but also to historiography in general. Thus, we observe, apart from the mention to just one of the works of Cudworth, the partiality in the description of his theory developed by Chomsky.