Knowledge and conceptual engineering : the epistemology, ethics, and politics of meaning production / Mona Simion and Christoph Kelp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simion, Mona, author.

Kelp, Christoph, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Concepts.

epistemology.

Physical Description:

xx, 151 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2026]

Summary:

"Suppose you could change people's way of thinking about the world at its very roots, by changing the very concepts by means of which they think. Suppose, further, that this would make the world a better place; that would be quite something. This title is a comprehensive and systematic study of the nature and normativity of conceptual engineering. It comprehensively deals with all the central questions in the field: the very possibility of conceptual engineering, its success conditions, the epistemic and moral permissibility of conceptual engineering, the nature of conceptual ignorance and conceptual understanding, and duties to engage in conceptual engineering. It also considers the political aspects, such as engineering social kind concepts, the nature of hermeneutical injustice, and conceptual disinformation." -- Adapted from publisher's description.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [139]-146) and index.

ISBN:

9780198918028

019891802X

OCLC:

1564130713

Publisher Number:

CIPO000316908