Correspondence Rafael Ventura, Department of Philosophy, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800 Turkey. Email: rhtventura@gmail.com Abstract In this paper, I survey and defend the use of quantitative methods in philosophy of language. Quantitative methods in philosophy of language include a wide variety of methods, ranging from model-based techniques (computer simulations and mathematical models) to data-driven approaches (experimental philosophy and corpus-based studies). After offering a few case studies of these methodologies in action, I single out some debates in philosophy of language that are especially well served by their use. These are cases in which quantitative methods increase precision, improve the accuracy and reliability of results, and allow philosophers of language to borrow from other fields the best epistemic practices available. I conclude with some farreaching considerations about the role of qualitative and quantitative methods in debates about philosophical methodology.

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语言哲学中的定量方法

通讯Rafael Ventura，比尔肯特大学哲学系，土耳其安卡拉06800。电子邮件：rhtventura@gmail.com摘要在本文中，我调查并捍卫了定量方法在语言哲学中的使用。语言哲学中的定量方法包括各种各样的方法，从基于模型的技术（计算机模拟和数学模型）到以数据为驱动的方法（实验性哲学和基于语料库的研究）。在提供了这些方法论的实际案例研究之后，我提出了一些关于语言哲学的辩论，这些辩论特别适合于使用它们。在这些情况下，定量方法可以提高精度，提高结果的准确性和可靠性，并使语言哲学家可以从其他领域借鉴现有的最佳认知实践。