Philosophy of Color

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Most things we see look colored to us. But what is color? Where, if anywhere, is it? Why do we see it? When do we see it correctly? And how should we go about answering these surprisingly difficult questions? This essay surveys philosophical work on color and color perception.

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Color realism and color science.Alex Byrne & David R. Hilbert - 2003 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 26 (1):3-21.
The Red and the Real: An Essay on Color Ontology.Jonathan D. Cohen - 2009 - Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press UK.

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