Behavioral and Brain Sciences



Author's Response
Palmer: Color and consciousness

On qualia, relations, and structure in color experience


Stephen E. Palmer a1
a1 Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-165 palmer@cogsci.berkeley.edu http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~plab

Abstract

In this Response, I defend the notion of intrinsic qualities of experience, discuss the distinction between relational experience and relational structure, clarify the difference between narrow and broad interpretations of color experience, argue against externalist approaches to color experience, defend the concept of isomorphism as a limitation in understanding color experiences, examine critiques of the color machine and color room arguments, and counter objections to within-subject experiments based on memory limitations.