JE POJMOVÝ RELATIVIZMUS PREDPOKLADOM FILOZOFIE AKO POJMOVÉHO INŽINIERSTVA?

• Authors: Labuda Pavol

Title variants

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Is conceptual relativism a prerequisite for philosophy as conceptual engineering?

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the paper is to examine whether conceptual relativism is a prerequisite for conceptual engineering (and if so, then to what extent). In the first part of the paper, I explore and classify varieties of relativism to prepare a distinctive definition of conceptual relativism. In the second part I analyse conceptual relativism and I consequently propose two different readings of conceptual scheme: (i) conceptual scheme as a monolithic, timeless, and determinate systems of meanings, and (ii) conceptual scheme as a system of relatively stable meanings, that is based on agreement and is open to change over time. In the third part of the paper, I show that of those two readings only the second reading of conceptual scheme fits into the practice of conceptual engineering.

Keywords

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RELATIVISM; CONCEPTUAL SCHEMES; CONCEPTS; CONCEPTUAL ENGINEERING; MEANING CHANGE

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 76
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 3 – 17

Contributors

author

Labuda Pavol

• Katolícka univerzita v Ružomberku, Filozofická fakulta, Hrabovská cesta 1B, 034 01 Ružomberok, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2021.76.1.1