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Author Cappelen, Herman, author.

Title Fixing language : an essay on conceptual engineering / Herman Cappelen
Edition 1st edition
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018

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Contents Introduction to conceptual engineering -- Towards a general theory I: Metasemantic foundations -- Towards a general theory II: Topic continuity as the limits of revision -- Towards a general theory III: Worldiness and the varieties of conceptual engineering -- Part V: Compare and contrast: Alternative accounts of conceptual engineering
Summary 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?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from home page (Oxford, viewed March 22, 2019)
Subject Language and languages -- Philosophy.
English language -- Grammar, Historical.
English language -- Usage -- History
English language -- History.
Historical linguistics.
historical linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
English language.
English language -- Grammar, Historical.
English language -- Usage.
Historical linguistics.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780192546289
0192546287
9780191852404
0191852406