Dr Céline Henne

Discretionary Award 2025

‘Conceptual Engineering in Practice’ Workshop

With Daniel Stanley

Conceptual engineering is a relatively new branch of philosophy dedicated to the evaluation and revision of concepts, understood as tools for understanding and navigating a complex reality. The core idea is simple: instead of simply accepting the concepts we have and analysing their content, we should actively work to design better concepts – ones that can profoundly influence habits of thought and behavior, and thereby be instruments for social change.

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Biography

Céline Henne is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy at the University of Bologna.

Céline's main areas of research lie at the intersection of epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of science. Céline's current research consists in studying the role of semantic indeterminacy in conceptual disagreements.

Biographical details correct as of 21.08.25

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