Céline Henne
@celinehenne.bsky.social
MSCA Postdoc VU Amsterdam. Previously Unibo and UofT. PhD Cambridge HPS. Agrégée de philosophie. Philosophy of language, philosophy of science, epistemology, pragmatism.
Improving the concept by making it more fruitful
November 23, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Improving the concept by making it more fruitful
Yes I agree but even if we focus on concrete effects there is a still a difference between improving a concept's fruitfulness in order to fulfil a certain need or respond to a problem vs just improving its fruitfulness for the sake of it
November 23, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Yes I agree but even if we focus on concrete effects there is a still a difference between improving a concept's fruitfulness in order to fulfil a certain need or respond to a problem vs just improving its fruitfulness for the sake of it
Improving concepts along certain abstract standards like fruitfulness, consistency... this is what Simion and Kelp advocate for in their Noûs article. They want to shift the focus on improvement and innovation rather than "fixing defects".
November 23, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Improving concepts along certain abstract standards like fruitfulness, consistency... this is what Simion and Kelp advocate for in their Noûs article. They want to shift the focus on improvement and innovation rather than "fixing defects".
Crucially, there will (probably) be no successful implementation without a felt need or problem in the linguistic community to which the new concept responds. We can try to improve concepts for the sake of it, but these new tools are unlikely to catch on.
November 21, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Crucially, there will (probably) be no successful implementation without a felt need or problem in the linguistic community to which the new concept responds. We can try to improve concepts for the sake of it, but these new tools are unlikely to catch on.
👋 Dewey + contemporary pragmatist philosophy of science and language
November 18, 2024 at 10:36 PM
👋 Dewey + contemporary pragmatist philosophy of science and language