Primitive colors : a case study in neo-pragmatist metaphysics and philosophy of perception / Joshua Gert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gert, Joshua, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Color (Philosophy).

Pragmatism.

Perception (Philosophy).

Metaphysics.

First philosophy.

Colors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Case study in neo-pragmatist metaphysics and philosophy of perception

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Joshua Gert presents an original account of colour properties, and of our perception of them. He employs a general philosophical strategy, neo-pragmatism, which challenges an assumption made by virtually all other theories of colour: he argues that colours are primitive properties of objects, irreducible to physical or dispositional properties.

Contents:

An unmysterious color primitivism

Color primitivism and neo-pragmatism

A realistic color realism

A hybrid view

Color constancy

Rival views: endowing objects with many colors

Friendlier rivals: making color experience more complex

Representationalism and the transparency of experience.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 19, 2017).

ISBN:

0-19-108900-1

0-19-184057-2

0-19-108899-4