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

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.

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: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.2018
• EAN: 9781138387126
• ISBN: 978-1-138-38712-6
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; 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