Conceptual Engineering and Conceptual Ethics

Alexis Burgess is an independent philosopher based in Los Angeles.Herman Cappelen is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo and at the University of St Andrews. He is editor-in-chief of the journal Inquiry. Cappelen works in all areas of systematic philosophy and has written, co-written, or edited more than ten books and many articles.David Plunkett is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College.

• Note to ReadersContributorsAcknowledgements1. Introduction: A Guided Tour of Conceptual Engineering and Conceptual Ethics Herman Cappelen and David PlunkettAbstracts of Chapters2. Revisionary Analysis without Meaning Change (Or, Could Women Be Analytically Oppressed?) Derek Ball 3. Minimal Substantivity Delia Belleri4. Reactive Concepts: Engineering the Concept CONCEPT David Braddon-Mitchell5. Strategic Conceptual Engineering for Epistemic and Social Aims Ingo Brigandt and Esther Rosario6. Never Say 'Never Say "Never"'? Alexis Burgess7. Conceptual Engineering: The Master Argument Herman Cappelen8. Preliminary Scouting Reports from the Outer Limits of Conceptual Engineering Josh Dever9. Descriptive vs. Ameliorative Projects: The Role of Normative Considerations E. Díaz-León10. Variance Theses in Ontology and Metaethics Matti Eklund11. Neutralism and Conceptual Engineering Patrick Greenough12. Going On, Not in the Same Way Sally Haslanger13. The Theory-Theory Approach to Ethics Frank Jackson14. Conceptual Ethics and the Methodology of Normative Inquiry Tristram McPherson and David Plunkett15. Conceptual Evaluation: Epistemic Alejandro Pérez Carballo16. Analyzing Concepts and Allocating Referents Philip Pettit17. The A-project and the B-project Mark Richard18. Talk and Thought Sarah Sawyer19. Philosophy as the Study of Defective Concepts Kevin Scharp20. Linguistic Intervention and Transformative Communicative Disruptions Rachel Katharine Sterken21. A Pragmatic Method for Normative Conceptual Work Amie L. ThomassonIndex