On the Genealogy of Color - A Case Study in Historicized Conceptual Analysis

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Zed Adams, Adams Zed
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.11.2015
• EAN: 9781138928145
• ISBN: 978-1-138-92814-5
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, Philosophy: aesthetics, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge