ABSTRACT

On a naive view of conceptual engineering, conceptual engineers simply aim at engineering concepts. This picture has recently come under attack. Sarah Sawyer and Derek Ball present two rather different, yet equally unorthodox, accounts of conceptual engineering, which they take to be superior to the naive picture. This paper casts doubts on the superiority of their respective accounts. By elaborating on the explanatory potential of ‘going meta’, the paper defends the naive view against Sawyer’s and Ball’s rival proposals.

中文翻译：

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话题、争议和“走向元”

摘要

从概念工程的天真观点来看，概念工程师只是针对工程概念。这张照片最近受到了攻击。莎拉·索耶 (Sarah Sawyer) 和德里克·鲍尔 (Derek Ball) 提出了两种截然不同但同样非正统的概念工程说明，他们认为它们优于幼稚的图片。本文对他们各自账户的优越性提出质疑。通过详细阐述“走向元”的解释潜力，这篇论文捍卫了针对 Sawyer 和 Ball 的竞争对手提议的幼稚观点。