From Metaphysics to Ethics: A Defence of Conceptual Analysis
Frank Jackson champions the cause of conceptual analysis as central to philosophical inquiry. In recent years conceptual analysis has been undervalued and widely misunderstood, suggests Jackson. He argues that such analysis is mistakenly clouded in mystery, preventing a whole range of important questions from being productively addressed. He anchors his argument in discussions of specific philosophical issues, starting with the metaphysical doctrine of physicalism and moving on, via free...
Search in google:
Frank Jackson champions the cause of conceptual analysis as central to philosophical inquiry. In recent years conceptual analysis has been undervalued and widely misunderstood, suggests Jackson. He argues that such analysis is mistakenly clouded in mystery, preventing a whole range of important questions from being productively addressed. He anchors his argument in discussions of specific philosophical issues, starting with the metaphysical doctrine of physicalism and moving on, via free will, meaning, personal identity, motion, and change, to ethics and the philosophy of color. In this way the book not only offers a methodological program for philosophy, but also casts new light on some much-debated problems and their interrelations.
Ch. 1Serious Metaphysics and Supervenience1Ch. 2The Role of Conceptual Analysis28Ch. 3Conceptual Analysis and Metaphysical Necessity56Ch. 4The Primary Quality View of Colour87Ch. 5The Location Problem for Ethics: Moral Properties and Moral Content113Ch. 6Analytical Descriptivism139Bibliography163Index171
