Conceptual engineering and conceptual ethics / / Alexis Burgess, Herman Cappelen, and David Plunkett.

Conceptual engineering is a newly flourishing branch of philosophy which investigates problems with our concepts and considers how they might be ameliorated: 'truth', for instance, is susceptible to paradox, and it's not clear what 'race' stands for. This is the first collec...

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Superior document:Oxford scholarship online
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Place / Publishing House:Oxford : : Oxford University Press,, 2020.
Year of Publication:2020
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 461 pages)
Notes:This edition also issued in print: 2020.
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Summary:Conceptual engineering is a newly flourishing branch of philosophy which investigates problems with our concepts and considers how they might be ameliorated: 'truth', for instance, is susceptible to paradox, and it's not clear what 'race' stands for. This is the first collective exploration of possibilities and problems of conceptual engineering.
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0192522027
0192522019
0191840416
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Alexis Burgess, Herman Cappelen, and David Plunkett.