Adams On the Genealogy of Color

A Case Study in Historicized Conceptual Analysis
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-317-40190-2
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 162 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

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. Adams argues that the two sides of the contemporary debate on the problem of color realism, Cartesian anti-realism and Oxford realism, are both predicated on an assumption that the concept of color perception is ahistorical and unrevisable. Adams takes issue with this premise and traces the development of theories of color in order to undermine this assumption and open up the conversation about our perception 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adams, Zed

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Problem of Color Realism 2. The Aristotelian Strand of Thought about Color 3. The Cartesian Strand 4. Descartes’s Problem 5. The Problem with the Problem of Color Realism

Über Autor(innen)

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