How to conceptually engineer conceptual engineering

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21335633
AutoresManuel Gustavo Isaac (0000-0002-5479-5027, Universitat de Barcelona, autor de correspondencia)
Año2025
Volumen68
Número10
Páginas3099-3122
Fecha de publicación2025-11-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInquiry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-174X • E-ISSN: 1502-3923
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0020174x.2020.1719881
OpenAlexW3004404281
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas33
Referencias citadas64

Conceptual engineering means to provide a method to assess and improve our concepts working as cognitive devices. But conceptual engineering still lacks an account of what concepts are as cognitive devices and of what engineering is in the case of conceptual cognition. And without such prior understanding of its subject matter, or so it is claimed here, conceptual engineering is bound to remain useless, merely operating as a piecemeal approach, with no overall grip on its target domain. The purpose of this programmatic paper is to overcome this knowledge gap by providing some guidelines for developing the theories of concepts and of engineering (viz. ‘cognitive engineering’) that are presumably needed so as to make conceptual engineering an actionable method for the cognitive optimization of our conceptual devices

Cognition · Cognitive ergonomics · Conceptual design · Conceptual framework · Conceptual model · Domain (mathematical analysis) · Epistemology · Human–computer interaction · Management science · Systems engineering · AI-based Problem Solving and Planning · Child and Animal Learning Development · Cognitive Science and Mapping · Computer Science · Engineering · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Mathematics · Psychology