Matthieu Queloz is an Ambizione Fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation at the University of Bern. Before that, he was a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford, and a Member of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Oxford for three years. In 2022, he was awarded the Amerbach Prize of the University of Basel as well as the Lauener Prize for Up-and-Coming Philosophers of the Lauener Foundation for Analytical Philosophy. His books include The Practical Origins of Ideas: Genealogy as Conceptual Reverse-Engineering (OUP, 2021).

What are the grounds on which we should select the best concepts to use in representing our world and our psychology, in framing our ethical and political ideals? Matthieu Queloz offers an incisive and comprehensive exploration of how this issue has been, and ought to be, answered. The book, which argues persuasively for a needs-based response, promises to be a major contribution to a growing research program.

• Introduction: Appraising Concepts 1: The Authority Question 2: The Autoethnographic Stance 3: Confidence, Reflection, and Knowledge 4: Anchoring Authority: A Trilemma 5: Tidy-Mindedness 6: Concepts and Concerns 7: Conceptual Needs 8: Reasons for Reasons 9: The Essential Superficiality of the Voluntary 10: The Politics of Conflicting Concerns Conclusion: Tailoring Thought to Need

Matthieu Queloz is an Ambizione Fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation at the University of Bern. Before that, he was a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford, and a Member of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Oxford for three years. In 2022, he was awarded the Amerbach Prize of the University of Basel as well as the Lauener Prize for Up-and-Coming Philosophers of the Lauener Foundation for Analytical Philosophy. His books include The Practical Origins of Ideas: Genealogy as Conceptual Reverse-Engineering (OUP, 2021).

What are the grounds on which we should select the best concepts to use in representing our world and our psychology, in framing our ethical and political ideals? Matthieu Queloz offers an incisive and comprehensive exploration of how this issue has been, and ought to be, answered. The book, which argues persuasively for a needs-based response, promises to be a major contribution to a growing research program.

• Introduction: Appraising Concepts 1: The Authority Question 2: The Autoethnographic Stance 3: Confidence, Reflection, and Knowledge 4: Anchoring Authority: A Trilemma 5: Tidy-Mindedness 6: Concepts and Concerns 7: Conceptual Needs 8: Reasons for Reasons 9: The Essential Superficiality of the Voluntary 10: The Politics of Conflicting Concerns Conclusion: Tailoring Thought to Need

Matthieu Queloz is an Ambizione Fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation at the University of Bern. Before that, he was a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford, and a Member of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Oxford for three years. In 2022, he was awarded the Amerbach Prize of the University of Basel as well as the Lauener Prize for Up-and-Coming Philosophers of the Lauener Foundation for Analytical Philosophy. His books include The Practical Origins of Ideas: Genealogy as Conceptual Reverse-Engineering (OUP, 2021).

What are the grounds on which we should select the best concepts to use in representing our world and our psychology, in framing our ethical and political ideals? Matthieu Queloz offers an incisive and comprehensive exploration of how this issue has been, and ought to be, answered. The book, which argues persuasively for a needs-based response, promises to be a major contribution to a growing research program.

• Introduction: Appraising Concepts 1: The Authority Question 2: The Autoethnographic Stance 3: Confidence, Reflection, and Knowledge 4: Anchoring Authority: A Trilemma 5: Tidy-Mindedness 6: Concepts and Concerns 7: Conceptual Needs 8: Reasons for Reasons 9: The Essential Superficiality of the Voluntary 10: The Politics of Conflicting Concerns Conclusion: Tailoring Thought to Need