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As with every stage of generative linguistics, minimalismminimalism (ChomskyChomsky, Noam, 1995) has also been the object of debates and divided the professional community. According to one extreme view, »[…] the Minimalist ProgramMinimalist Program is indeed a revolution within a revolutionrevolutionwithin a revolution« (Piatelli-PalmariniPiatelli-Palmarini, Massimo 1998: xxii). Thus, the thesis:

(T19)

The Minimalist ProgramMinimalist Program is a revolution within the revolution of generative linguistics.

It is not clear in what historiographicalhistoriography framework and in what sense Piatelli-PalmariniPiatelli-Palmarini, Massimo uses the term ›revolution within a revolutionrevolutionwithin a revolution‹. Nevertheless, as JosephJoseph, John E. (1995: 380) mentions in a different context, the idea of constant revolution is not compatible with the KuhnianKuhnian framework. Therefore, Piatelli-Palmarini’s stance cannot be supported by Kuhnian considerations.

The following solution is offered for (P):

(SP19)

The basic term of the historiographyhistoriography of generative linguistics is ›revolution within a revolution‹revolutionwithin a revolution with respect to the Minimalist Program,Minimalist Program its central hypothesis is (T18) and its framework is undefined.