Abstract
Conceptual engineering is the method for assessing and improving our concepts. Some have recently claimed that the implementation of such method in the form of ameliorative projects is truth-driven and should thus be epistemically constrained, ultimately at least (Simion, Mona. 2018b. “The ‘Should’ in Conceptual Engineering.” Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 61 (8): 914–928; cf. Podosky, Paul-Mikhail Catapang. 2018. “Ideology and Normativity: Constraints on Conceptual Engineering.” Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, Online first, 1–15. doi:10.1080/0020174X.2018.1562374). This paper challenges that claim on the assumption of a social constructionist analysis of ideologies, and provides an alternative, pragmatic and cognitive framework for determining the legitimacy of ameliorative conceptual projects overall. The upshot is that one should not ameliorate for the sake of truth or knowledge, in the case of ideologies – at least, not primarily.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 199-214 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Inquiry |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 4 Mar 2021 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2024 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- Conceptual engineering
- Amerliorative project
- Social constructionism
- Ideologies
- Post-truth
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