On the Genealogy of Color

A Case Study in Historicized Conceptual Analysis

Zed Adams (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

164 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-38712-6 (ISBN)

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In On the Genealogy of Color, Zed Adams challenges widely held philosophical views about the nature of color, exploring the relevance of the history of color science for contemporary debates in color realism/anti-realism and philosophy of mind.

In On the Genealogy of Color, Zed Adams argues for a historicized approach to conceptual analysis, by exploring the relevance of the history of color science for contemporary philosophical debates about color realism. Adams contends that two prominent positions in these debates, Cartesian anti-realism and Oxford realism, are both predicated on the assumption that the concept of color is ahistorical and unrevisable. Adams takes issue with this premise by offering a philosophical genealogy of the concept of color. This book makes a significant contribution to recent debates on philosophical methodology by demonstrating the efficacy of using the genealogical method to explore philosophical concepts, and will appeal to philosophers of perception, philosophers of mind, and metaphysicians.

Zed Adams is Associate Professor of Philosophy at The New School for Social Research, USA.

1. The Problem of Color Realism 2. The Aristotelian Strand 3. The Cartesian Strand 4. Descartes’s Quandary 5. Moving Beyond the Problem of Color Realism

Erscheinungsdatum	19.09.2018
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
Zusatzinfo	4 Halftones, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
ISBN-10	1-138-38712-6 / 1138387126
ISBN-13	978-1-138-38712-6 / 9781138387126
Zustand	Neuware