Open Peer Commentary Palmer: Color and consciousness
An externalist approach to understanding color experience
Peter W. Ross a1 a1 Department of Philosophy, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Pomona, CA 91711
pross@pomona.edu
Abstract
Palmer demarcates the bounds of our understanding of color experience by symmetries in the color space. He claims that if there are symmetries, there can be functionally undetectable color transformations. However, even if there are symmetries, Palmer's support for the possibility of undetectable transformations assumes phenomenal internalism. Alternatively, phenomenal externalism eliminates Palmer's limit on our understanding of color experience.
