Conceptual engineering is extremely unlikely to work. So what?

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Andow, James (2021) Conceptual engineering is extremely unlikely to work. So what? Inquiry-An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, 64 (1-2). pp. 212-226. ISSN 0020-174X

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Abstract

Conceptual engineering aims to improve our concepts. That's plausibly an extremely difficult thing to do. Should this make us sceptical of the idea that philosophers should try to do it? You might think so. Cappelen, in his Fixing Language: an Essay on Conceptual Engineering, thinks it shouldn't stop us–but his stated reasons are not really encouraging. In this paper, I say what I think Cappelen should have said, on the basis of a very rough cost-benefit analysis.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	conceptual engineering,conceptual control,metaphilosophy,philosophical methodology,philosophy,health policy,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1211
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies (former - to 2024)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Philosophy
Related URLs:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	02 Jun 2020 00:14
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2024 14:43
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/75419
DOI:	10.1080/0020174X.2020.1850343

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