Conceptual change and conceptual engineering

The case of colour concepts

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ID21335640
AuthorsLieven Decock (0000-0002-1538-4479, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume64
Issue1-2
Pages168-185
Publication date2021-02-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-174X • E-ISSN: 1502-3923
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0020174x.2020.1784783
OpenAlexW3038057678
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited33

I analyse conceptual change and conceptual engineering in the special case of colour concepts. The case raises the prospects of conceptual engineering because a precise standard for measuring the amelioration of the structure of concepts is available. On the other hand, the study highlights the problems with controlling conceptual engineering pointed out by Cappelen. I argue that in the case of conceptual change of colour concepts varying degrees of optimization, design and control are possible. I submit that this observation can be generalized to other classes of concepts. As a result, the scope of conceptual engineering is reduced considerably; conceptual engineering appears as a limit case of conceptual change

Conceptual change · Conceptual design · Conceptual framework · Conceptual model · Conceptual schema · Epistemology · Human–computer interaction · Limit (mathematics) · Management science · Mathematics education · Scope (computer science) · Sociology · Categorization, perception, and language · Computer Science · Engineering · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Mathematics · Multisensory perception and integration · Philosophy

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