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This book focuses on the core foundational issues that underpin conceptual engineering as a philosophical method. In less than a decade, the attention conceptual engineering has attracted across the whole discipline has grown with an explosive intensity. Based on lectures by leading philosophers at the Conceptual Engineering Online Seminar 2020/2022, this volume provides the reader with multiple entry-points in conceptual engineering, from case studies applied to specific concepts of high philosophical, scientific, social or political significance to metaphilosophical investigations into the theoretical foundations of conceptual engineering. It is of great interest to both the professional philosophers, experts in metaphilosophy or interested in applying the methods of conceptual to issues in their own areas of specialization, and philosophy students, eager to get acquainted with the most exciting and dynamic methodological developments of their discipline. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the foundations of conceptual engineering and conceptual change for making things as they stand better.
List of contents
Introduction (Steffen Koch, Manuel Gustavo Isaac, & Kevin Scharp).- 1 Conceptual engineering and conceptual analysis: Historical and conceptual connections (Hans-Johann Glock).- 2 Conceptual engineering and conceptual revision without changing the subject: A Haslangerian account (Esa Díaz León).- 3 Subject change worries (Allison Koslow).- 4 Conceptual engineering, implementation, and metalinguistic awareness (Delia Belleri).- 5 Kinds of kinds: Normativity, scope, and implementation in conceptual engineering (Sarah Sawyer).- 6 Conceptual engineering as inquiry (Derek Ball & Bryan Pickel).- 7 On the utility of empty concepts (Paul Égré & Cathal O Madagain).- 8 Conceptual engineering for engineers (and for philosophers): Conceptual spaces as a tool (Peter Gärdenfors).- 9 How do people use and appraise concepts? (James Hampton).
About the author
Manuel Gustavo Isaac is currently Postdoc.Mobility Fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation at Arché Philosophical Research Centre (University of St Andrews). He received his PhD in 2015 from the University of Paris for a thesis in Historical epistemology. He has received several prestigious grants and fellowships for research projects on conceptual engineering. His work has been published in Synthese, Ratio, Inquiry, Erkenntnis, Philosophia, History and Philosophy of Logic, Logica Universalis, and several Springer book series among others. Dr. Isaac is the organizer of Arché’s seminar on conceptual engineering.
Kevin Scharp is Reader in Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, the Director of Arché Philosophical Research Centre, and the leader of Arché’s Research Group on conceptual engineering. He received in PhD in 2005 from the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of three books with Oxford University Press and the editor of a collection with Harvard University Press. He has published numerous influential articles in the most prestigious journals of the field and is a leading figure in conceptual engineering. Dr. Scharp is the co-organizer of Arché’s seminar on conceptual engineering.
Summary
This book focuses on the core foundational issues that underpin conceptual engineering as a philosophical method. In less than a decade, the attention conceptual engineering has attracted across the whole discipline has grown with an explosive intensity. Based on lectures by leading philosophers at the Conceptual Engineering Online Seminar 2020/2022, this volume provides the reader with multiple entry-points in conceptual engineering, from case studies applied to specific concepts of high philosophical, scientific, social or political significance to metaphilosophical investigations into the theoretical foundations of conceptual engineering. It is of great interest to both the professional philosophers, experts in metaphilosophy or interested in applying the methods of conceptual to issues in their own areas of specialization, and philosophy students, eager to get acquainted with the most exciting and dynamic methodological developments of their discipline. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the foundations of conceptual engineering and conceptual change for making things as they stand better.
