We investigate claims about the frequency of "know" made by philosophers. Our investigation has several overlapping aims. First, we aim to show what is required to confirm or disconfirm philosophers’ claims about the comparative frequency of different uses of philosophically interesting expressions. Second, we aim to show how using linguistic corpora as tools for investigating meaning is a productive methodology, in the sense that it yields discoveries about the use of language that philosophers would have overlooked if they remained in their "armchairs of an afternoon", to use J.L. Austin’s phrase. Third, we discuss facts about the meaning of "know" that so far have been ignored in philosophy, with the aim of reorienting discussions of the...
The topic of this dissertation is corpus analysis: the use of computational techniques to search thr...
In this chapter I note two recent trends, one in experimental jurisprudence and one in experimental ...
Philosophical enquiry stands to benefit from the inclusion of methods from the digital hum...
We investigate claims about the frequency of "know" made by philosophers. Our investigation has seve...
YesWe investigate claims about the frequency of "know" made by philosophers. Our investigation has s...
AbstractWe investigate claims about the frequency of “know” made by philosophers. Our investigation ...
The fact that Gilbert Ryle and J.L. Austin seem to disagree about the ordinary use of words such as ...
The fact that Gilbert Ryle and J.L. Austin seem to disagree about the ordinary use of words such as ...
The experimental philosophy movement advocates the use of empirical methods in philosophy. The metho...
Philosophers are often credited with particularly well-developed conceptual skills. The ‘expertise o...
Philosophers are often credited with particularly well-developed conceptual skills. The ‘expertise o...
The fact that Gilbert Ryle and J.L. Austin seem to disagree about the ordinary use of words such as ...
The topic of this dissertation is corpus analysis: the use of computational techniques to search thr...
In this chapter I note two recent trends, one in experimental jurisprudence and one in experimental ...
Philosophical enquiry stands to benefit from the inclusion of methods from the digital hum...
We investigate claims about the frequency of "know" made by philosophers. Our investigation has seve...
YesWe investigate claims about the frequency of "know" made by philosophers. Our investigation has s...
AbstractWe investigate claims about the frequency of “know” made by philosophers. Our investigation ...
The fact that Gilbert Ryle and J.L. Austin seem to disagree about the ordinary use of words such as ...
The fact that Gilbert Ryle and J.L. Austin seem to disagree about the ordinary use of words such as ...
The experimental philosophy movement advocates the use of empirical methods in philosophy. The metho...
Philosophers are often credited with particularly well-developed conceptual skills. The ‘expertise o...
Philosophers are often credited with particularly well-developed conceptual skills. The ‘expertise o...
The fact that Gilbert Ryle and J.L. Austin seem to disagree about the ordinary use of words such as ...
The topic of this dissertation is corpus analysis: the use of computational techniques to search thr...
In this chapter I note two recent trends, one in experimental jurisprudence and one in experimental ...
Philosophical enquiry stands to benefit from the inclusion of methods from the digital hum...