Kent Johnson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3844192 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kent Johnson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kent |
| FAMILY NAME | Johnson |
| SIGNATURE | JOHNSON K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Irvine |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3752-1267 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Introduction to Special Issue: A Creative Collaboration
Methodology in generative linguistics: Scratching below the surface
Quantitative realizations of philosophy of science: William Whewell and statistical methods
A Lot of Data
This article encourages the use of explicit methods in linguistics by attempting to estimate the size of a linguistic data set. Such estimations are difficult because redundant data can easily pad the data set. To address this, I offer some explicit operationalizations of the data and their features. For linguistic data, negative associations do not indicate true redundancy, and yet for many measures they can be mathematically impossible to ignor…
An Overview of Lexical Semantics
This article reviews some linguistic and philosophical work in lexical semantics. In Section 1, the general methods of lexical semantics are explored, with particular attention to how semantic features of verbs are associated with grammatical patterns. In Section 2, philosophical consequences and issues arising from this sort of research is reviewed
Tacit and accessible understanding of language
Baghdad
A poem by Kent JohnsonThis article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website
Externalist Thoughts and the Scope of Linguistics
A common assumption in metaphysics and the philosophy of language is that the general structure of language displays the general metaphysical structure of the things we talk about. But expressions can easily be imperfect representations of what they are about. After clarifying this general point, I make a case study of a recent attempt to semantically analyze the nature of knowledge-how. This attempt fails because there appears to be no plausible…
Gold's Theorem and Cognitive Science
A variety of inaccurate claims about Gold's Theorem have appeared in the cognitive science literature. I begin by characterizing the logic of this theorem and its proof. I then examine several claims about Gold's Theorem, and I show why they are false. Finally, I assess the significance of Gold's Theorem for cognitive science
Morningside Academy
Third Wave: The New Russian Poetry
Breaking the structuralist barrier: Literacy and numeracy with fluency
Behavior analysis is an example of a selection science, and behavioral programs that follow the tenets of selectionism, long advocated by B. F. Skinner, can have a large impact on social problems. This article describes the characteristics of selection sciences and their application in the Morningside Model of Generative Instruction, which addresses both adult literacy and children's learning and attention problems. School curricula are analyzed …
Breaking the structuralist barrier: Literacy and numeracy with fluency
Tacit and accessible understanding of language
Gold's Theorem and Cognitive Science
A variety of inaccurate claims about Gold's Theorem have appeared in the cognitive science literature. I begin by characterizing the logic of this theorem and its proof. I then examine several claims about Gold's Theorem, and I show why they are false. Finally, I assess the significance of Gold's Theorem for cognitive science
Quantitative realizations of philosophy of science: William Whewell and statistical methods
An Overview of Lexical Semantics
This article reviews some linguistic and philosophical work in lexical semantics. In Section 1, the general methods of lexical semantics are explored, with particular attention to how semantic features of verbs are associated with grammatical patterns. In Section 2, philosophical consequences and issues arising from this sort of research is reviewed
Morningside Academy
Third Wave: The New Russian Poetry
Breaking the structuralist barrier: Literacy and numeracy with fluency
Behavior analysis is an example of a selection science, and behavioral programs that follow the tenets of selectionism, long advocated by B. F. Skinner, can have a large impact on social problems. This article describes the characteristics of selection sciences and their application in the Morningside Model of Generative Instruction, which addresses both adult literacy and children's learning and attention problems. School curricula are analyzed …
Breaking the structuralist barrier: Literacy and numeracy with fluency
Third Wave: The New Russian Poetry
Morningside Academy
Gold's Theorem and Cognitive Science
A variety of inaccurate claims about Gold's Theorem have appeared in the cognitive science literature. I begin by characterizing the logic of this theorem and its proof. I then examine several claims about Gold's Theorem, and I show why they are false. Finally, I assess the significance of Gold's Theorem for cognitive science
Externalist Thoughts and the Scope of Linguistics
A common assumption in metaphysics and the philosophy of language is that the general structure of language displays the general metaphysical structure of the things we talk about. But expressions can easily be imperfect representations of what they are about. After clarifying this general point, I make a case study of a recent attempt to semantically analyze the nature of knowledge-how. This attempt fails because there appears to be no plausible…
Tacit and accessible understanding of language
Baghdad
A poem by Kent JohnsonThis article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website
An Overview of Lexical Semantics
This article reviews some linguistic and philosophical work in lexical semantics. In Section 1, the general methods of lexical semantics are explored, with particular attention to how semantic features of verbs are associated with grammatical patterns. In Section 2, philosophical consequences and issues arising from this sort of research is reviewed
Quantitative realizations of philosophy of science: William Whewell and statistical methods
A Lot of Data
This article encourages the use of explicit methods in linguistics by attempting to estimate the size of a linguistic data set. Such estimations are difficult because redundant data can easily pad the data set. To address this, I offer some explicit operationalizations of the data and their features. For linguistic data, negative associations do not indicate true redundancy, and yet for many measures they can be mathematically impossible to ignor…
Methodology in generative linguistics: Scratching below the surface
Introduction to Special Issue: A Creative Collaboration
Computer Science (8 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works)