Title: CONVERSE PREDICATES AND THE INTERPRETATION OF SECOND ORDER QUANTIFICATION聽 聽ABSTRACT: In this paper I argue that we cannot interpret second-order quantification as quantification over properties and relations. My argument…
Abstract. 鈥斅燙onceptual engineering is often presented as radically opposed and as superseding conceptual analysis. Prima facie, however, improving conceptual schemes in a controlled and fruitful way presupposes an understanding of…
CONCEPTUAL ENGINEERING聽is an exciting new movement in analytic philosophy that focuses on assessing and improving our conceptual schemes and repertoires.聽The ICCE Open Online Workshop takes the next step and…
Abstract: In this presentation I will discuss epistemic labour, which I characterise as labour one performs in their capacity as an epistemic agent. There is growing interest in a category…
Title: ‘Does Morality Speak within the Realm of the Morally Permissible?’ Abstract:聽You hear that your next-door neighbor Alicia is sick with COVID-19. You鈥檙e new to the neighborhood and haven鈥檛 met…
Abstract: The denial of necessary connections between distinct existences is generally taken to be at the heart of Humanism, and any philosophical account that requires necessary connections is rejected on…
Abstract. 鈥斅燙onceptual engineering is a groundbreaking programme in philosophy that focuses on how to best assess and improve our concepts. Yet, it still lacks an operational framework in order for…
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