CARCAT: Computer-Assisted Reading and Conceptual Analysis:

When one needs to apply computer-assisted conceptual analysis of philosophical texts beyond their linguistic dimension, statistic macro-textual approaches give appealing results but remain limited in their scope. This article introduces a computer-assisted conceptual analysis methodology applied to a philosophical text. This methodology attempts to be as close as possible to the hermeneutic criteria of the philosophical approach. It allows a systematic exploration of the multifaceted contexts of a specific philosophical concept. Our methodology is based on the use of: a) a concordancer b) a clustering method and c) an interpretative annotation strategy. This methodology is applied to the concept of EVOLUTION in Bergson’s corpus.