Fully experimental conceptual engineering

James Andow

doi:10.1080/0020174X.2020.1850339

Fully experimental conceptual engineering

James Andow

Philosophy

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Conceptual engineers are in the business of helping us think as we should. Experimental philosophy can be seen as being in the business of describing how we think. One might think there must thus be a gap between any experimental philosophy project and any successful project in conceptual engineering, that conceptual engineering reserves a special role for armchair philosophers. But, a successful project in conceptual engineering might be fully experimental. Conceptual engineering reserves no special role for armchair philosophers.

Original language	English
Journal	Inquiry
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2020.1850339
Publication status	Published - 2 Dec 2020

Keywords

Experimental philosophy
Conceptual engineering
Philosophical methods
Philosophical methodology
Metaphilosophy

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