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An externalist approach to understanding color experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1999

Peter W. Ross
Peter W. Ross
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Pomona, CA 91711 pross@pomona.edu
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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.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 6 , December 1999 , pp. 968 - 969
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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