In Defense of âPhilosophical Engineeringâ: A Novel Terminological Dispute Resolution

Mirela Fus-Holmedal

Chapter 7 In Defense of âPhilosophical Engineeringâ: A Novel Terminological Dispute Resolution

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Mirela Fus-Holmedal

Mirela Fus-Holmedal Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norway

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This chapter presents a novel resolution to the terminological dispute concerning the philosophical method underlying engineering projects in philosophy. Firstly, I introduce a general definition of a terminological dispute and, as a case study, apply this to the philosophical method in question. Secondly, I evaluate the most prominent terminological choice, âconceptual engineeringâ (see Scharp 2013, 2020, Eklund 2015, Cappelen 2018, Burgess, Cappelen and Plunkett 2020, Chalmers 2020), against the two main conditions that I propose one should take on board when making terminological choices for this philosophical method: (i) the semantic correctness condition, drawing on Belleri (2018), and (ii) the beneficial lexical effects condition, drawing on Cappelen (2018) and Chalmers (2011, 2020). Thirdly, I engage in resolving the terminological dispute by arguing that we should introduce a new term: âphilosophical engineering.â I contend that, for the philosophical method in question, this terminological choice fares better against its competition in meeting both of the aforementioned conditions. Lastly, I address objections concerning the terminological dispute resolution I propose.

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Conceptual Engineering

Methodological and Metaphilosophical Issues

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