Conceptual engineering, speaker-meaning and philosophy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21335541 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Pinder (The Open University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | 1-15 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-16 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-174X • E-ISSN: 1502-3923 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0020174x.2020.1853342 |
| OpenAlex | W3107072028 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 20 |
We sometimes seek to change and improve our conceptual repertoire in some way. This is called ‘conceptual engineering’. In recent work, I have defended the ‘Speaker-Meaning Picture’ of conceptual engineering. Independently, while critiquing the conceptual engineering literature, Max Deutsch has argued against understanding conceptual engineering in terms of speaker-meaning. Deutsch’s critique targets what he calls the ‘standard account’ of conceptual engineering and its role in philosophy. In my contribution to this symposium, I also object to the ‘standard account’. I then sketch a more moderate view, centred on the Speaker-Meaning Picture, arguing that it avoids Deutsch’s criticisms. I close by discussing a new objection to the Speaker-Meaning Picture, raised by Deutsch in this symposium: that it trivialises conceptual engineering methodology
Art · Conceptual change · Conceptual framework · Conceptual model · Conceptual schema · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Meaning (existential) · Repertoire · Sketch · Sociology · Computer Science · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Philosophy, Science, and History
Classification procedures as the targets of conceptual engineering
Conceptual Revision in Action
Impactful Conceptual Engineering
The phenomenon objection to conceptual engineering
Pluralist conceptual engineering
The distinction between generic and specific concepts and why it matters for conceptual engineering
Is Haslanger’s ameliorative project a successful conceptual engineering project
Conceptual engineering
Replacing Truth
Conceptual Engineering, Metasemantic Externalism and Speaker-Meaning
On a confusion about a function of consciousness
Alief and Belief
Speaker’s reference, stipulation, and a dilemma for conceptual engineers
What is conceptual engineering and what should it be
On Strawson’s critique of explication as a method in philosophy
Conceptual engineering, truth, and efficacy
Experimental Explication
| Citations per year | 1.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |