In the journal Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, articles by staff members of the IL LLFP have been published.

The article by Elena Dragalina-Chernaya, "What Is It Like to Be a Logical Alien?"  and Denis Maslov's "Metaphysics: From Explication to Conceptual Engineering. A Reply to Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer."

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What Is It Like to Be a Logical Alien?

In the commentary on Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer’s paper, the transcendental problem of coordinating subjective perspectives to achieve a common reference in a full language is explored through the hypothetical construct of “logical aliens” – imaginary beings whose laws of thought contradict our own. The commentary demonstrates significance of Stekeler-Weithofer’s notion of material conceptual inference, similar to Ludwig Wittgenstein’s idea of internal relations. Furthermore, it emphasizes the challenge of achieving a balance between conceptual inference and conceptual design in transcendental logic.

Dragalina-Chernaya E. G. What Is It Like to Be a Logical Alien? // Epistemology & Philosophy of Science. 2025. Vol. 62, No. 3. Pp. 106–111. DOI: 10.5840/eps202562342.

 

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Metaphysics: From Explication to Conceptual Engineering. A Reply to Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer

 

Prof. Stekeler-Weithofer’s paper considers metaphysics as a commentary on the most general concepts in a full language. Metaphysics is taken as a clarification of our pre-existing concepts, on what there already is; thus, it assumes the role of a logical geography. In my response, I want to shift the focus from the explicatory to the creative aspect of metaphysical conceptual activity invoking a widely discussed topic of conceptual engineering.

 

Maslov D. K. Metaphysics: From Explication to Conceptual Engineering. A Reply to Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer // Epistemology & Philosophy of Science. 2025. Vol. 62, No. 3. Pp. 119–125. DOI: 10.5840/eps202562344.