Conceptual engineering and conceptual ethics / edited by Alix Burgess, Herman Cappelen, David Plunkett.
Conceptual engineering and conceptual ethics are branches of philosophy concerned with questions about how to assess and ameliorate our representational devices (such as concepts and words). It is a part of philosophy that examines which concepts we should use (and why), how concepts can be improved...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | Conceptual engineering and conceptual ethics are branches of philosophy concerned with questions about how to assess and ameliorate our representational devices (such as concepts and words). It is a part of philosophy that examines which concepts we should use (and why), how concepts can be improved, when concepts should be abandoned, and how proposals for amelioration can be implemented. Central parts of the history of philosophy have engaged with these issues, but the focus of this volume is on applications to work in contemporary philosophy of language and mind, epistemology, metaphilosophy, gender and race theory, ethics, philosophy of science, and philosophical logic. This is the first volume devoted entirely to conceptual engineering and conceptual ethics. It consists of twenty chapters written by leading philosophers, which explore the possibilities, benefits, problems, and applications of these influential branches of philosophy. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 461 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0192522027 9780192522023 |