Corpus Methods: A New Horizon for the Experimental Philosophy of Language

David Bordonaba Plou

doi:10.22370/rhv2023iss21pp107-128

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David Bordonaba Plou Universidad Complutense de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22370/rhv2023iss21pp107-128

Palabras clave:

experimental philosophy of language, negative program, positive program, questionnaires, corpus methods

Resumen

El objetivo de este trabajo es doble. Primero, investigar y evaluar la situación en la que se encuentra actualmente la filosofía experimental del lenguaje. Para ello, expondré las dos metodologías predominantes en el campo: los cuestionarios y los métodos de corpus, mostrando los problemas comunes y los específicos. Segundo, defender que los métodos de corpus suponen un nuevo horizonte metodológico para la investigación en filosofía experimental del lenguaje por dos razones. Por un lado, porque cuentan con menos problemas que los cuestionarios. Por otro lado, porque tienen ciertas ventajas adicionales: i) consideran una cantidad mayor de evidencia; ii) al emplearlos tenemos la posibilidad de contar con información adicional que puede iluminar otros aspectos de la investigación; iii) cuentan con una mayor replicabilidad.

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