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Color realism revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2003

Alex Byrne*
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, 32-D808, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139www.mit.edu/~abyrne
David R. Hilbert*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy and Laboratory of Integrative Neuroscience (M/C 267), University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL60607www.uic.edu/~hilbert

Abstract:

Our reply is in four parts. The first part, R1, addresses objections to our claim that there might be “unknowable” color facts. The second part, R2, discusses the use we make of opponent process theory. The third part, R3, examines the question of whether colors are causes. The fourth part, R4, takes up some issues concerning the content of visual experience.

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