Sumários

Philosophy and Conceptual engineering – Student presentation

16 Abril 2024, 09:30 • Delia Belleri

Presentation by Vasco Araújo Barjona Henriques on Thomasson, Amie L. 2020. "A Pragmatic Method for Conceptual Ethics".

Philosophy and conceptual engineering - STUDENT PRESENTATION

12 Abril 2024, 09:30 • Delia Belleri

Presentation by João Pedro de Campos Borba on Machery, Edouard. 2021. "A new challenge to conceptual engineering".

Philosophy and conceptual engineering - STUDENT PRESENTATION

9 Abril 2024, 09:30 • Delia Belleri

Presentation by Rute Cardoso Cajão on:
Nado, Jennifer. 2021. "Conceptual engineering via experimental philosophy" + in-class discussion.

Philosophy and conceptual engineering - INTRO

5 Abril 2024, 09:30 • Delia Belleri

From explication to conceptual engineering
Going beyond conceptual revision aimed at theorization.

Foundational questions about conceptual engineering
What is engineered? What are concepts?
Defects and virtues of concepts
Internalism, externalism and control
Strategies for engineering
When is revision too much?
How much of philosophy is conceptual engineering?

Examples: Haslanger on WOMAN, Scharp on TRUTH

Philosophy and conceptual engineering - INTRO

2 Abril 2024, 09:30 • Delia Belleri

Concepts: not perfect, sometimes need to be reformed.
Changing intension; changing extension.
Explication: explicandum, explicatum.

Tarski on truth.
Hempel on confirmation.
Frege on number.