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This paper critiques the semantics-driven approach to conceptual engineering presented in Herman Cappelen’s recent book,  Fixing Language . I focus on three core aspects of Cappelen’s ‘Austerity Framework’: first, the claim that conceptual engineering targets the meanings of linguistic expressions (rather than concepts); second, the claim that the linguistic phenomenon of ‘samesaying’ fixes the limits of permissible revision; and third, the claim that the process of conceptual engineering is largely both outside of our control and epistemically inaccessible to us. I contrast the Austerity Framework with my own proposal, which I call the ‘Practical Role Account’. The Practical Role Account disavows a substantial role for metasemantics in a theory of conceptual engineering; I argue that it consequently both offers a more inclusive view on the limits of revision, and places the process of conceptual engineering back within our control.

Taking control: conceptual engineering without (much) metasemantics