Jonathan Westphal
Biographic Data
| ID | 1119626 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Westphal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Westphal |
| SIGNATURE | WESTPHAL J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Idaho State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Elements of the Philosophy of ‘Right’
In the following paper, I discuss the adjectival uses of the English word ‘right’, in ethical and nonethical settings. I distinguish four distinct but related uses. In the central use, which includes the typical ethical applications, what is right is what conforms to a norm, or rule. The emphasis can be on the norm itself, or on the conforming to the norm. The view I offer is not original. It is to be found in the works of T.M. Scanlon, T.H. Gree…
Philosophical propositions
Experience and expression
Experience and expression: Wittgenstein's philosophy of psychology." History of European Ideas, 21(6), p. 785
Experience and expression
Colour -- A Philosophical Introduction
Journal Article Critical Notices Get access Colour - a Philosophical Introduction. By Jonathan Westphal. (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1987, 2nd edn 1991. Pp. viii + 166. £12.50 p/b.) Justin Broackes Justin Broackes Brown University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 43, Issue 171, April 1993, Pages 233–238, https://doi.org/10.2307/2220373 Published: 01 April 1993
Colour
A book for anyone interested in either colour or the primary/secondary quality distinction. What do we mean when we talk about colour? Why can't there be brown light or anything transparent white? Why can green be bluish but not reddish? These puzzle propositions from Wittgenstein's Remarks on Colour are, for the first time, subjected to a detailed examination in an investigation that brings together philosophy, phenomenology, psychology and phys…
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Colour
A book for anyone interested in either colour or the primary/secondary quality distinction. What do we mean when we talk about colour? Why can't there be brown light or anything transparent white? Why can green be bluish but not reddish? These puzzle propositions from Wittgenstein's Remarks on Colour are, for the first time, subjected to a detailed examination in an investigation that brings together philosophy, phenomenology, psychology and phys…
Colour -- A Philosophical Introduction
Journal Article Critical Notices Get access Colour - a Philosophical Introduction. By Jonathan Westphal. (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1987, 2nd edn 1991. Pp. viii + 166. £12.50 p/b.) Justin Broackes Justin Broackes Brown University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 43, Issue 171, April 1993, Pages 233–238, https://doi.org/10.2307/2220373 Published: 01 April 1993
Experience and expression
Experience and expression: Wittgenstein's philosophy of psychology." History of European Ideas, 21(6), p. 785
Experience and expression
Philosophical propositions
Elements of the Philosophy of ‘Right’
In the following paper, I discuss the adjectival uses of the English word ‘right’, in ethical and nonethical settings. I distinguish four distinct but related uses. In the central use, which includes the typical ethical applications, what is right is what conforms to a norm, or rule. The emphasis can be on the norm itself, or on the conforming to the norm. The view I offer is not original. It is to be found in the works of T.M. Scanlon, T.H. Gree…
Philosophy (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Color perception and design (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Expression (computer science (2 works) · Metaphilosophy (2 works) · Philosophy of psychology (2 works) · Western philosophy (2 works) · Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (2 works)