Readings on Color - Vol. 1

by Alex Byrne and David R. Hilbert (Eds.)

• ISBN13: 9780262522304
• ISBN10: 0262522306
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-05-02
• Publisher: Bradford Books

Summary

Color is an endlessly fascinating subject to philosophers, scientists, and laypersons, as well an an instructive microcosm of cognitive science. In these two anthologies, Alex Byrne and David Hilbert present a survey of the important recent philosophical and scientific writings on color. The introduction to volume 1 provides a philosophical background and links the philosophical issues to the empirical work covered in volume 2. The bibliography in volume 1 is an extensive resource for those doing philosophical work on color. The scientific selections in volume 2 present work in color science that is relevant to philosophical thinking about color; the material is comprehensive and sophisticated enough to be useful to the scientific reader. The introduction to volume 2 is an overview of color science; the volume also contains suggestions for further reading.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii	(2)
Sources	ix	(2)
Introduction	xi
1 On Some Criticisms of a Physicalist Theory of Colors	1	(10)
J. J. C. Smart
2 Color and the Anthropocentric Problem	11	(22)
Edward Wilson Averill
3 Smart and the Secondary Qualities	33	(14)
D. M. Armstrong
4 Reply to Armstrong	47	(4)
J. J. C. Smart
5 Colour Concepts and Colour Experience	51	(16)
Christopher Peacocke
6 An Objectivist's Guide to Subjectivism about Colour	67	(14)
Frank Jackson
Robert Pargetter
7 Colour as a Secondary Quality	81	(24)
Paul A. Boghossian
J. David Velleman
8 Physicalist Theories of Color	105	(32)
Paul A. Boghossian
J. David Velleman
9 How to Speak of the Colors Postscript: Visual Experience	137	(40)
Mark Johnston
10 A Simple View of Colour	177	(14)
John Campbell
11 The Autonomy of Colour	191	(36)
Justin Broackes
12 Phenomenal Character	227	(20)
Sydney Shoemaker
13 Explaining Objective Color in Terms of Subjective Reactions	247	(16)
Gilbert Harman
14 Colors and Reflectances	263	(26)
Alex Byrne
David R. Hilbert
15 Reinverting the Spectrum	289	(14)
C. L. Hardin
Bibliography	303	(10)
Contributors	313	(2)
Index	315