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conceptual engineering: a standalone construct

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Philosophy of language

project of assessing and improving our concepts or words rather than only describing them.

In philosophy of language, conceptual engineering refers to project of assessing and improving our concepts or words rather than only describing them. This meaning comes from Chalmers (2020) in Inquiry.[1]

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  1. Chalmers, D. J. (2020). What is conceptual engineering and what should it be? Inquiry, 68(9), 2902-2919. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174x.2020.1817141

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