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  • MPI Ethno. Forsch.  (4)
  • Cappelen, Herman  (4)
  • Oxford : Oxford University Press  (4)
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    The Concept of Democracy : An Essay on Conceptual Amelioration and Abandonment (2023)
    Oxford : Oxford University Press
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (244 p.)
    DDC: 321.801
    Abstract: If we don’t know what the words “democracy” and “democratic” mean, then we don’t know what democracy is. This book defends a radical view: these words mean nothing and should be abandoned. The argument for abolitionism is simple: those terms are defective and we can easily do better, so let’s get rid of them. According to the abolitionist, the switch to alternative devices would be a significant communicative, cognitive, and political advance. The first part of the book presents a general theory of abandonment: the conditions under which language should be abandoned. The rest of the book applies this general theory to the case of “democracy” and “democratic”. The book shows that “democracy” and “democratic” are semantically, pragmatically, and communicatively defective. Abolitionism is not all gloom and doom. It also contains a message of good cheer: we have easy access to conceptual devices that are more effective than “democracy”. We can do better. These alternative linguistic devices will enable us to ask better questions, provide genuinely fruitful answers, and have more rational discussions. Moreover, those questions and answers better articulate the communicative and cognitive aims of those who use empty terms such as “democracy” and “democratic”
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    Making AI Intelligible : Philosophical Foundations (2021)
    Oxford : Oxford University Press
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    ISBN: 9780192894724
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (192 p.)
    Keywords: Philosophy of science ; Philosophy of language ; Philosophy of mind ; Artificial intelligence ; Computer science ; Philosophy of science ; Philosophy of language ; Philosophy of mind ; Artificial intelligence ; Computer science
    Abstract: Can humans and artificial intelligences share concepts and communicate? One aim of Making AI Intelligible is to show that philosophical work on the metaphysics of meaning can help answer these questions. Cappelen and Dever use the externalist tradition in philosophy of to create models of how AIs and humans can understand each other. In doing so, they also show ways in which that philosophical tradition can be improved: our linguistic encounters with AIs revel that our theories of meaning have been excessively anthropocentric. The questions addressed in the book are not only theoretically interesting, but the answers have pressing practical implications. Many important decisions about human life are now influenced by AI. In giving that power to AI, we presuppose that AIs can track features of the world that we care about (e.g. creditworthiness, recidivism, cancer, and combatants.) If AIs can share our concepts, that will go some way towards justifying this reliance on AI. The book can be read as a proposal for how to take some first steps towards achieving interpretable AI. Making AI Intelligible is of interest to both philosophers of language and anyone who follows current events or interacts with AI systems. It illustrates how philosophy can help us understand and improve our interactions with AI
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    Conceptual Engineering and Conceptual Ethics (2020)
    Oxford : Oxford University Press
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (474 p.)
    DDC: 110
    Keywords: Philosophy of language ; Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology ; Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge ; Social and political philosophy
    Abstract: Conceptual engineering is a branch of philosophy that is concerned with assessing representational devices such as concepts and words. Conceptual engineers looks for the problems with such devices and attempt to come up with ways of improving flawed concepts: they attempt to say how those concepts should be. This is the first volume devoted entirely to the possibility, benefits, problems, and applications of conceptual engineering and conceptual ethics. It consists of twenty chapters; some advocate for the field, while others develop sceptical arguments, and some focus on the various methodological issues that arise while others apply the method to issues in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and social and political philosophy
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    The Oxford handbook of philosophical methodology (2016)
    Oxford : Oxford University Press
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    ISBN: 0199668779 , 9780191749667
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Oxford handbooks online
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Oxford handbook of philosophical methodology
    DDC: 100
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    Keywords: Philosophy ; Philosophy ; Philosophie ; Methodologie
    Abstract: This is a comprehensive book on philosophical methodology. A team of leading philosophers present original essays on various aspects of how philosophy should be and is done. They explore broad traditions and approaches, topics in philosophical methodology, and the interconnections between philosophy and neighbouring fields.
    DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199668779.001.0001
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