This paper provides new tools for philosophical argument analysis and fresh empirical
foundations for 'critical'ordinary language philosophy. Language comprehension routinely …

This paper trials new experimental methods for the analysis of natural language reasoning
and the (re) development of critical ordinary language philosophy in the wake of JL Austin …

Many philosophical thought experiments and arguments involve unusual cases. We present
empirical reasons to doubt the reliability of intuitive judgments and conclusions about such …

Several important philosophical problems (including the problems of perception, free will,
and scepticism) arise from antinomies that are developed through philosophical paradoxes …

Intuitive judgments elicited by verbal case‐descriptions play key roles in philosophical
problem‐setting and argument. Experimental philosophy's 'sources project'seeks to develop …

In philosophical thought experiments, as in ordinary discourse, our understanding of verbal
case descriptions is enriched by automatic comprehension inferences. Such inferences …

Verbal Fallacies and Philosophical Intuitions 125 common-sense convictions, nor
meaninglessness from deviation from ordinary language. Second, the introduction of the …

Philosophers are often credited with particularly well-developed conceptual skills. The
'expertise objection'to experimental philosophy builds on this assumption to challenge …

This article reviews some cases in which the collaboration of theoretical pragmaticians and
psychologists of language has been most fruitful for all parties. Linguists have benefited from …

Experimental philosophy of language uses experimental methods developed in the
cognitive sciences to investigate topics of interest to philosophers of language. This article …