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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777703103321

Autore

Jackson Frank <1943->

Titolo

From metaphysics to ethics [[electronic resource] ] : a defence of conceptual analysis / / Frank Jackson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon Press

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998

ISBN

0-19-159778-3

1-282-05180-6

9786612051807

0-19-151903-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Disciplina

146/.4

Soggetti

Analysis (Philosophy)

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Preface and Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Chapter 1: Serious Metaphysics and Supervenience""; ""Chapter 2: The Role of Conceptual Analysis""; ""Chapter 3: Conceptual Analysis and Metaphysical Necessity""; ""Chapter 4: The Primary Quality View of Colour""; ""Chapter 5: The Location Problem for Ethics: Moral Properties and Moral Content""; ""Chapter 6: Analytical Descriptivism""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

Sommario/riassunto

Frank Jackson champions the cause of conceptual analysis as a basic method of philosophical inquiry. He offers a methodological programme for philosophy, but also throws new light on some much-debated problems and their interrelations.