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Which colour space(s) is Shepard talking about?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2002

Lieven Decock
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Leuven, 3000 Leuven, BelgiumLieven.Decock@hiw.kuleuven.ac.beJaap.vanBrakel@hiw.kuleuven.ac.be
Jaap van Brakel
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Leuven, 3000 Leuven, BelgiumLieven.Decock@hiw.kuleuven.ac.beJaap.vanBrakel@hiw.kuleuven.ac.be

Abstract

Contra Shepard we argue, first, that his presentation of a three-dimensional representational (psychological or phenomenal) colour space is at odds with many results in colour science, and, second, that there is insufficient evidence for Shepard's stronger claim that the three-dimensionality of colour perception has resulted from natural selection, moulded by the particulars of the solar spectrum and its variations. [Shepard]

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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