This chapter covers what have traditionally been called grammaticality judgments in
linguistics (which are more aptly referred to as acceptability judgments–see below). We …

Within the cognitive sciences, most researchers assume that it is the job of linguists to
investigate how language is represented, and that they do so largely by building theories …

The goal of the present study is to provide a direct comparison of the results of informal
judgment collection methods with the results of formal judgment collection methods, as a first …

Kevin Scharp proposes an original theory of the nature and logic of truth on which truth is an
inconsistent concept that should be replaced for certain theoretical purposes. Replacing …

There has been a consistent pattern of criticism of the reliability of acceptability judgment
data in syntax for at least 50 years (eg, Hill 1961), culminating in several high-profile …

Recent experimental philosophy arguments have raised trouble for philosophers' reliance
on armchair intuitions. One popular line of response has been the expertise defense …

Linguists often advert to what are sometimes called linguistic intuitions. These intuitions and
the uses to which they are put give rise to a variety of philosophically interesting questions …

Knowledge how to do things is a pervasive and central element of everyday life. Yet it raises
many difficult questions that must be answered by philosophers and cognitive scientists …

Acceptability judgments form the primary empirical foundation for generative syntactic
theories (Chomsky 1965, Schütze 1996). As such, the methodology of acceptability …

I suppose that everyone who starts theorizing about language and its use is struck early by
the need for some sort of distinction between what is “semantic” and what is “pragmatic”; …