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Colour is a culturalist category

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2005

J. van Brakel*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Catholic University of Leuven, 3000Leuven, Belgium

Abstract

Extrapolation of Steels & Belpaeme’s (S&B) results show that colour is a culturalist category. Populations will only share the category of colour if it is built into the system. If “left to themselves” different populations may or may not stumble on the colour category. Populations that do not share a colour category may still be able to communicate in a wide variety of environments.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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