The Metaphysics of Color by Michael Watkins
This Element offers an opinionated and selective introduction to philosophical issues concerning the metaphysics of color. The opinion defended is that colors are objective features of our world; objects are colored, and they have those colors independent of how they are experienced. It is a minority opinion. Many philosophers thinking about color experience argue that perceptual variation, the fact that color experiences vary from observer to observer and from viewing condition to viewing condition, makes objectivism untenable. Many philosophers thinking about colors and science argue that colors are ontologically unnecessary; nothing to be explained requires an appeal to colors. A careful look at arguments from perceptual variation shows that those arguments are not compelling, and especially once it is clear how to individuate colors. Moreover, a careful look at scientific explanations shows that colors are explanatorily essential. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.-
The Methodology of Metaphysics
-
The Metaphysics of Logic
-
Metaphysics of Causation
-
Metaphysics and the Sciences
-
Metaphysics of Race
-
Abstract Objects
-
Grounding, Fundamentality and Ultimate Explanations
-
The Metaphysics of Gender
-
Relations
-
Persistence
-
Properties
-
Substance
-
Chemistry's Metaphysics
-
Modal Naturalism
-
Social Ontology
-
Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics
-
Metaontology
-
Reduction, Emergence and the Metaphysics in Science
-
Indeterminacy in the World
-
Ontological Categories
-
Dispositions and Powers
-
Teleology
-
Identity
-
Truthmaking
-
Formal Ontology
-
Parts and Wholes
-
Laws of Nature
-
Material Objects
-
Essence
-
Metaphysical Realism and Anti-Realism
-
Time
-
The First 90 Days
-
The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking
-
This Other Breed
-
The Eponym Dictionary of Birds
-
Shaping the Game
-
CCNA Security Official Exam Certification Guide (Exam 640-553)
-
East Anglian Book
-
One True Love
-
Breakthrough Business Negotiation
-
Sharks: An Eponym Dictionary
-
The 401k Revival: Using Professional 401(k) Management to Improve Performance and Minimize Losses
-
Winning the Influence Game
-
Las 6 disciplinas del pensamiento estratégico / The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking
-
Shaping the Game: The New Leader's Guide to Effective Negotiating
-
Rack Your Brain Puzzles
-
Breakthrough International Negotiation
-
The English
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781009494441 |
| ISBN 10 | 1009494449 |
| Title | The Metaphysics of Color |
| Author | Michael Watkins |
| Series | Elements In Metaphysics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2025-04-10 |
| Number of pages | 84 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |