...This chapter presents an attempt to explore and understand the difficulties involved in the articulation of causal-descriptive descriptions in an effort to find a resolution. It begins by presenting Frank Jackson’s version of the complaint against Kripke’s arguments, which emphasizes the role...

... with philosophical naturalism; prominent and influential proponents of this methodology include the late David Lewis, Frank Jackson, Michael Smith, Philip Pettit, and David Armstrong. Naturalistic analysis (sometimes known as the “Canberra Plan” because many of its proponents have been associated with the Australian...

...This chapter investigates the reasons behind Frank Jackson’s abandonment of the knowledge argument, of which he was the most famous proponent. Jackson explains here the “illusion” of knowledge acquisition, with the key points being that experience represents states that are highly complexly...

...This book is devoted to a critical evaluation of a project of philosophical methodology and analysis known colloquially as the “Canberra Plan.” The original driving forces behind the project were David Lewis and Frank Jackson, and the many people who were associated with the Philosophy Program...

...This chapter presents correspondence between Frank Jackson, and Steve Stich and Kelby Mason. The goal of showing the exchange here is to understand where the differences lie in their notions about the nature of folk psychology and the relevance of various putative facts about cross-cultural...

.... The second agendum is to promote a view referred to as quasi-relativism. Here Frank Jackson’s version of “moral functionalism,” is discussed, especially as it is set out in his work From Metaphysics to Ethics. The chapter looks at Jackson’s views and considers a variety of issues...