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On the Uselessness of the Distinction between Ideal and Non-Ideal Theory (at least in the Philosophy of Language)
No full textHerman Cappelen and Josh Dever consider whether we can distinguish between ideal and Non-Ideal Philosophy of Language in the way that a philosopher like Charles Mills does for political philosophy. They argue that there is no deep distinction between the sort of philosophy collected in this volume and the more mainstream material
O problema da troca de assunto na abordagem austera de Herman Cappelen da engenharia conceitual
No full textThis paper examines the change of subject problem in conceptual engineering, focusing on Herman Cappelen's austere approach. We present two versions of the problem: the verbal disputes objection and the content instability objection. We analyze how Cappelen addresses these objections using the notions of "topic" and "topic similarity". We argue that while his response to the verbal disputes objection is satisfactory, his approach fails to adequately deal with the content instability objection. Specifically, Cappelen does not provide sufficient resources to identify the incompatible content that grounds substantive disagreements in cases involving revised terms. We conclude that Cappelen's austere approach, despite its contributions, leaves important questions unanswered about how to characterize legitimate disagreements in conceptual engineering contexts.Este artigo examina o problema da troca de assunto na engenharia conceitual, focando na abordagem austera de Herman Cappelen. Apresentamos duas versões do problema: a objeção das disputas verbais e a objeção da instabilidade de conteúdo. Analisamos como Cappelen responde a essas objeções usando as noções de "assunto" e "similaridade de assunto". Argumentamos que, embora sua resposta à objeção das disputas verbais seja satisfatória, sua abordagem falha ao lidar adequadamente com a objeção da instabilidade de conteúdo. Especificamente, Cappelen não fornece recursos suficientes para identificar o conteúdo incompatível que fundamenta desacordos substantivos em casos envolvendo termos revisados. Concluímos que a abordagem austera de Cappelen, apesar de suas contribuições, deixa questões importantes sem resposta sobre como caracterizar desacordos legítimos em contextos de engenharia conceitual
Talking with Vultures
No full textWe provide a critical study of Herman Cappelen and John Hawthorne’s "Relativism and Monadic Truth"
Introduction to Conceptual Engineering
No full textThis book is about the process of assessing and improving our representational devices. This first chapter introduces the process of assessing and improving our representational devices, an activity that is called ‘conceptual engineering’ by the author. This nomenclature has some problems, which will become clear in later chapters, but it is useful for seeing the commonalities between various different projects that attempt to improve our representational devices. The chapter then lays out the structure of the book, introduces a distinction between representational complacency and representational skepticism, and introduces some of the central themes that will return in the chapters to come.</p
Corollaries of Externalism
No full textThis chapter, which continues the argument of the previous one, elaborates the Austerity Framework, considers how it relates to some alternative theories of conceptual engineering, and responds to some objections. First, it introduces the principle that underlies the author’s theory: Inscrutable—Lack of Control—Will Keep Trying. This principle says that the processes that underlie meaning change are inscrutable, and accordingly we typically lack control over meaning change. However, despite this, we are compelled to keep trying, because conceptual engineering is a worthwhile enterprise. The author goes on to argue that there are no safe spaces from conceptual engineering, and that meaning change is not a luminous condition. In closing, the chapter considers some similarities and some differences between the Austerity Framework and Sally Haslanger’s theory of conceptual engineering, and it closes by considering some objections.</p
Review of Relativism and Monadic Truth
No full textInternational audienceThis is a review of Herman Cappelen and John Hawthorne's book Relativism and Monadic Truth (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009)
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Herman Cappelen: Philosophy Without Intuitions
No full textDies ist eine kritische Besprechung von Herman Cappelens Buch "Philosophy Without Intuitions". Ich diskutiere die zentralen Argumente, skizziere den argumentativen Verlauf und zeige an einigen Stellen, dass Cappelens Diskussion nicht ausreicht, um seine starke These zu stützen
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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