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Fixing language : an essay on conceptual engineering
- Title
- Fixing language : an essay on conceptual engineering / Herman Cappelen.
- Author
- Cappelen, Herman
- Publication
- Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- x, 212 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- Herman Cappelen investigates how language and other representational devices can go wrong, and how to fix them. We use language to understand and talk about the world, but what if our language has deficiencies that prevent it from playing that role? How can we revise our concepts, and what are the limits on revision?
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-209) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction to conceptual engineering -- Towards a general theory I: Metasemantic foundations -- Towards a general theory II: Topic continuity as the limits of revision -- Towards a general theory III: Worldiness and the varieties of conceptual engineering -- Part V: Compare and contrast: Alternative accounts of conceptual engineering .
- Call Number
- JFE 18-6264
- ISBN
- 9780198814719
- 0198814712
- LCCN
- 2017955744
- OCLC
- 1005880448
- Author
- Cappelen, Herman, author.
- Title
- Fixing language : an essay on conceptual engineering / Herman Cappelen.
- Publisher
- Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-209) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-6264