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Grammars rule O.K.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1999

Neil Law Malcolm
Neil Law Malcolm
Affiliation:
The Rowland Institute for Science, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 9AL, United Kingdommalcolm@rowland.org
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Abstract

Colours are not the sorts of thing that are amendable to traditional forms of scientific explanation. To think otherwise is to mistake their ontology and ignore their normativity. The acquisition and use of colour categories is constrained by the logic of colour grammars.

Type
Continuing Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , August 1999 , pp. 723 - 724
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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