An Examination of the Notion of Simplicity and Its Use in Both Linguistics and Biology
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2010
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Swarthmore College. Dept. of Linguistics
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This paper seeks to examine the notion of simplicity and its use in both linguistics and biology. The paper focuses on the Minimalist Program and its attempts to bring biology in line with linguistics, linguistics in line with biology, and both in line with physics. There is a brief description of the areas where minimalism and biology overlap followed by three examples from biology - the Calvin Cycle, signaling in the brain, and reproductive adaptations in rotifers.