Abstract. 鈥� Conceptual engineering (CE) is the area of philosophy dedicated to assessing and improving our representational devices. Experimental philosophy (XPhi) focuses on using techniques from experimental psychology and cognitive…
Title: Quotative 鈥楤e Like鈥� (joint work with Andreas Stokke (Uppsala)) Abstract:聽 There are a variety of familiar ways of talking about our mental states and speech acts, such as direct…
Abstract. 鈥斅營n this paper I argue that聽concepts fall into distinct kinds according to such things as their direction of determination, their modal range, and the nature of their referents. Such…
Abstract. 鈥� Practices of concept-revision among scientists suggest that concepts can be improved. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union revised the concept PLANET so that it excluded Pluto, and insisting…
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