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Trichromacy and the neural basis of color discrimination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Peter W. Ross
Affiliation:
Program in Philosophy, The Graduate School of The City University of New York, New York, NY 10036 pross@broadway.gc.cuny.edu

Abstract

I take issue with Saunders & van Brakel's claim that neural processes play no interesting role in determining color categorizations. I distinguish an aspect of color categorization, namely, color discrimination, from other aspects. The law of trichromacy describes conditions under which physical properties cannot be discriminated in terms of color. Trichromacy is explained by properties of neural processes.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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