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Fixing Language An Essay on Conceptual Engineering

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    9780198814719

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  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2018-05-29
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Author Biography


Herman Cappelen is a professor of philosophy at the university of Oslo and at the University of St Andrews. He is one of the co-directors of ConceptLab. He has written and co-authored several books and works in all areas of philosophy.

Table of Contents


I. Introduction to Conceptual Engineering
1. Introduction
2. Illustrations: Conceptual Engineering in Philosophy and Beyond
3. Arguments for the Importance of Conceptual Engineering and Implications for Philosophical Methodology
4. On the Importance of a General Theory and an Overview of the Austerity Framework
II. Towards a General Theory, 1: Metasemantic Foundations
5. Metasemantics, Metasemantic Superstructure and Metasemantic base
6. Externalist Conceptual Engineering
7. Corollaries of Externalism: Inscrutability, Lack of Control, and Anti-Luminosity
8. The Illusion of Incoherent / Inconsistent Concepts
III. Towards a General Theory, 2: Topic Continuity as the Limits for Revision
9. The Limits of Revision and Topics (Dis)Continuity and Miscommunication
10. Reply to Strawson 1: Continuity of Topic, Samesaying and the Contestation Theory
11. Reply to Strawson 2: Lexical Effects
IV. Towards a General Theory, 3: Worldliness and the Varieties of Conceptual Engineering
12. The Worldliness of Conceptual Engineering
13. Varieties of Conceptual Engineering
14. Objections and Replies
V. Compare and Contrast: Alternative Accounts of Conceptual Engineering
15. Metalinguistic Negotiation
16. On Appeals to Function
17. Chalmers on the Subscript Gambit
18. Conceptual Engineering Without Bedrock and Without Fixed Points
19. Concluding Remarks: Looking Ahead

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