Fixing language: an essay on conceptual engineering
Auteur :
Cappelen, Herman
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198814719
Date de publication :
29 mars 2018
Dimensions :
23,6 x 16,1 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
488 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Herman Cappelen investigates how language and other representational devices can go wrong, and how to fix them. We use language to understand and talk about the world, but what if our language has deficiencies that prevent it from playing that role? How can we revise our concepts, and what are the limits on revision?