Fully experimental conceptual engineering

James Andow

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

13 Citations (SciVal)
86 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Conceptual engineers are in the business of helping us think as we should. Experimental philosophy can be seen as being in the business of describing how we think. One might think there must thus be a gap between any experimental philosophy project and any successful project in conceptual engineering, that conceptual engineering reserves a special role for armchair philosophers. But, a successful project in conceptual engineering might be fully experimental. Conceptual engineering reserves no special role for armchair philosophers.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3072-3098
Number of pages27
JournalInquiry
Volume68
Issue number9
Early online date2 Dec 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2025

Keywords

  • Experimental philosophy
  • conceptual engineering
  • philosophical methodology

Cite this