Isaac Manuel Gustavo
Arché Philosophical Research Centre, University of St Andrews, 17-19 College Street, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9AL Scotland.
Erkenntnis. 2023;88(5):2145-2169. doi: 10.1007/s10670-021-00447-0. Epub 2021 Sep 17.
Conceptual engineering is the method for assessing and improving our concepts. However, little has been written about how best to conceive of concepts for the purposes of conceptual engineering. In this paper, I aim to fill this foundational gap, proceeding in three main steps: First, I propose a methodological framework for evaluating the conduciveness of a given concept of concept for conceptual engineering. Then, I develop a typology that contrasts two competing concepts of concept that can be used in conceptual engineering-namely, the philosophical and psychological ones. Finally, I evaluate these two concepts of concept using the proposed methodological framework and I show that, when it comes to making conceptual engineering an actionable method, the psychological concept of concept outclasses its philosophical counterpart on all counts. This provides a baseline from which the concept of concept can be further improved for the purposes of conceptual engineering.
概念工程是评估和改进我们概念的方法。然而,关于如何为概念工程的目的而最好地构思概念,却鲜有著述。在本文中,我旨在填补这一基础空白,分三个主要步骤进行:首先,我提出一个方法框架,用于评估给定的概念概念对概念工程的适用性。然后,我构建了一种类型学,对比了可用于概念工程的两种相互竞争的概念概念,即哲学概念和心理学概念。最后,我使用所提出的方法框架评估这两种概念概念,结果表明,在使概念工程成为一种可操作的方法方面,心理学概念概念在各方面都优于其哲学对应概念。这提供了一个基线,据此可进一步改进概念工程目的下的概念概念。