Breaking Down the Barriers: Applied Conceptual Engineering (ACE)
May 13 - May 14
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DESCRIPTION
Conceptual engineering focuses on how to best assess and improve our conceptual apparatuses. In less than half a decade, it has become a central topic of contemporary analytic philosophy. Current work in conceptual engineering goes in two main directions. Case study research, on the one hand, which focuses on specific concepts and then advocates for specific improvement. Metaphilosophical research, on the other hand, which explicitly focuses on conceptual engineering qua philosophical method and deals, for instance, with issues related to its theoretical foundations. The ACE Conference takes the next step: It bridges the gap between these two trends of research in conceptual engineering and focuses on how conceptual engineering actually works. Thereby, it aims to contribute to turning conceptual engineering into a form of applied philosophy that has a direct bearing on areas of practical concern.
SPEAKERS
INVITED SPEAKERS
- Herman Cappelen (Hong Kong University)
Download ACE20 Poster - Nancy Cartwright (Durham University)
- Catarina Dutilh Novaes (VU Amsterdam/University of St Andrews)
- Manuel Gustavo Isaac (Swiss NSF/University of St Andrews)
- Édouard Machery (University of Pittsburgh)
- Michela Massimi (University of Edinburgh)
- Kevin Scharp (University of St Andrews)
- Nicholas Shea (University of London)
ONLINE ACCESS
- Zoom Meeting ID: 875 2607 3825
- Zoom Password: ACE21 (Invite link)
- ACE YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2KmatAi964jqA6gTSm7wbQ
FORMAT
The ACE conference will run over two days, divided into four sessions. Each session will include two one-hour talks, an open space, and a final round table.
- Session 1: Thursday 13th May | 09.00 – 12.00 (UK Time) [Chair: TBA]
- Session 2: Thursday 13th May | 14.00 – 17.00 (UK Time) [Chair: TBA]
- Session 3: Friday 14th May | 09.00 – 12.00 (UK Time) [Chair: TBA]
- Session 3: Friday 14th May | 14.00 – 17.00 (UK Time) [Chair: TBA]
PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE
| UK Time | 13 MAY | 14 MAY | |
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AM |
09.00 – 09.15 | Opening | Open space |
| 09.15 – 10.15 | Nancy Cartwright | Michela Massimi | |
| 10.15 – 10.30 | Break | Break | |
| 10.30 – 11.30 | Herman Cappelen | Manuel Gustavo Isaac | |
| 11.30 – 12.00 | Round table 1 | Round table 3 | |
|
PM |
14.00 – 15.00 | Édouard Machery | Nicholas Shea |
| 15.00 –15.15 | Break | Break | |
| 15.15 – 16.15 | Kevin Scharp | Catarina Dutilh Novaes | |
| 16.15 – 16.45 | Round table 2 | Round table 4 | |
| 16.45 – 17.00 | Open space | Closing | |
ABSTRACTS
TBA
FUNDING
THOUGHT Trust Conference Grant
ORGANISER
Dr. Manuel Gustavo Isaac // SNSF-PM2018 Fellow @ ARCHÉ Philosophical Research Centre
Dr. Kevin Scharp // Reader in Philosophy, Director of ARCHÉ @ University of St Andrews