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The irrelevance of the psychophysical argument

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Carl Simpson
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, BC, Canada V1V 1V7 cmsimpso@okcins.okanagan.bc.ca

Abstract

The longevity of the Berlin and Kay theses results from the way in which they were formulated, contrasted with extreme relativism. Saunders & van Brakel need not reject colour opponency to reject universal colour categories. Colour opponency does not manifest itself in language, even when dealing directly with spectral colours.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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