Conceptual engineering and conceptual ethics

Conceptual engineering is a newly flourishing branch of philosophy which investigates problems with our concepts and considers how they might be ameliorated: 'truth', for instance, is susceptible to paradox, and it's not clear what 'race' stands for. This is the first collec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Burgess, Alexis, 1980- editor (editor), Cappelen, Herman, editor, Plunkett, David, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2020.
Edición:First edition
Colección:Oxford scholarship online.
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Sumario:Conceptual engineering is a newly flourishing branch of philosophy which investigates problems with our concepts and considers how they might be ameliorated: 'truth', for instance, is susceptible to paradox, and it's not clear what 'race' stands for. This is the first collective exploration of possibilities and problems of conceptual engineering.
Notas:This edition also issued in print: 2020.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 461 pages)
Público:Specialized.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780192522023
9780192522016
9780191840418