Artifacts, epistemic privilege and concept possession

• Autores: Víctor Martín Verdejo Aparicio
• Localización: VII Conference of the Spanish Society for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science: Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 18-20 July 2012 / Sociedad de Lógica, Metodología y Filosofía de la Ciencia en España (aut.), Concepción Martínez Vidal (dir. congr.), José L. Falguera López (dir. congr.), José Miguel Sagüillo Fernández-Vega (dir. congr.), Víctor Martín Verdejo Aparicio (dir. congr.), Martín Pereira Fariña (dir. congr.), 2012, ISBN 978-84-9887-939-1, págs. 823-830
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Analysis of the precise relation between common views on concepts and artifacts is largely missing. In this paper, I address one central case of philosophical scrutiny: the relation between anti-individualism about concept possession and the epistemic privilege of authors as regards the artifacts they create. I show that these theses are in a formidable tension and that philosophers would be well advised to choose one between the two. I argue, finally, that this choice leaves untouched the essentially intentional, mind-dependent nature of artifactuality.