Conceptual Engineering and Conceptual Ethics

Alexis Burgess, Herman Cappelen, University of Oslo / University of St Andrews,David Plunkett, Dartmouth College

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 Readers
Contributors
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: A Guided Tour of Conceptual Engineering and Conceptual Ethics Herman Cappelen and David Plunkett
Abstracts of Chapters
2. Revisionary Analysis without Meaning Change (Or, Could Women Be Analytically Oppressed?) Derek Ball
3. Minimal Substantivity Delia Belleri
4. Reactive Concepts: Engineering the Concept CONCEPT David Braddon-Mitchell
5. Strategic Conceptual Engineering for Epistemic and Social Aims Ingo Brigandt and Esther Rosario
6. Never Say 'Never Say "Never"'? Alexis Burgess
7. Conceptual Engineering: The Master Argument Herman Cappelen
8. Preliminary Scouting Reports from the Outer Limits of Conceptual Engineering Josh Dever
9. Descriptive vs. Ameliorative Projects: The Role of Normative Considerations E. D?az-Le?n
10. Variance Theses in Ontology and Metaethics Matti Eklund
11. Neutralism and Conceptual Engineering Patrick Greenough
12. Going On, Not in the Same Way Sally Haslanger
13. The Theory-Theory Approach to Ethics Frank Jackson
14. Conceptual Ethics and the Methodology of Normative Inquiry Tristram McPherson and David Plunkett
15. Conceptual Evaluation: Epistemic Alejandro P?rez Carballo
16. Analyzing Concepts and Allocating Referents Philip Pettit
17. The A-project and the B-project Mark Richard
18. Talk and Thought Sarah Sawyer
19. Philosophy as the Study of Defective Concepts Kevin Scharp
20. Linguistic Intervention and Transformative Communicative Disruptions Rachel Katharine Sterken
21. A Pragmatic Method for Normative Conceptual Work Amie L. Thomasson
Index