The Red and the Real An Essay on Color Ontology |
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| Author:
| Cohen, Jonathan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-955616-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2009 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $125.41AUD $176.95 |
Book Description:
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The Red and the Real offers a new approach to longstanding philosophical puzzles about what colors are and how they fit into the natural world. Jonathan Cohen draws on color science, psychology, phenomenology, semantics, and ontology in arguing that colors are identical to certain functional roles involving perceptual effects on subjects.
The Red and the Real offers a new approach to longstanding philosophical puzzles about what colors are and how they fit into the natural world. Jonathan Cohen draws on color science, psychology, phenomenology, semantics, and ontology in arguing that colors are identical to certain functional roles involving perceptual effects on subjects.