Allen, K. (2009) Inter-species variation in colour perception. Philosophical Studies. pp. 197-220. ISSN 0031-8116
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Abstract
Inter-species variation in colour perception poses a serious problem for the view that colours are mind-independent properties. Given that colour perception varies so drastically across species, which species perceives colours as they really are? In this paper, I argue that all do. Specifically, I argue that members of different species perceive properties that are determinates of different, mutually compatible, determinables. This is an instance of a general selectionist strategy for dealing with cases of perceptual variation. According to selectionist views, objects simultaneously instantiate a plurality of colours, all of them genuinely mind-independent, and subjects select from amongst this plurality which colours they perceive. I contrast selectionist views with relationalist views that deny the mind-independence of colour, and consider some general objections to this strategy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2009 Springer Verlag. This is an author produced version of a paper published in PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self archiving policy. |
| Keywords: | Colour, Colour perception, Perceptual variation, Selectionism, REALISM, VISION |
| Academic Units: | The University of York > Philosophy (York) |
| Depositing User: | Repository Administrator York |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Feb 2009 14:10 |
| Last Modified: | 01 May 2013 23:02 |
| Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11098-007-9183-z |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/5503 |
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