Color and Similarity

Author: Byrne A.

Source: Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 66, Number 3, 1 May 2003 , pp. 641-665(25)

Publisher: International Phenomenological Society

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Abstract:

Similarity claims about the colors, for instance that blue is more similar to purple than to yellow, are sometimes held to pose a serious problem for physicalism about color: the view that colors are physical properties of some kind. I examine various responses to this problem, find them wanting, and give my own solution, which appeals to the way colors are visually represented. Finally, I argue that the proposed account removes the principal motivation for Lewis's and Walker's response to Kripke's Wittgenstein, in terms of "natural" properties.

Document Type: Research article

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