Color Science and Spectrum Inversion
A Reply to Nida-Rümelin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20411896 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter W Ross, Roni Anak Sigai (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 566-570 |
| Publication date | 1999-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Consciousness and Cognition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-8100 • E-ISSN: 1090-2376 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1006/ccog.1999.0418 |
| PMID | 10600250 |
| OpenAlex | W10600250 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 3 |
Martine Nida-Rümelin (1996) argues that color science indicates that behaviorally undetectable spectrum inversion is possible and raises this possibility as an objection to functionalist accounts of visual states of color. I show that her argument does not rest solely on color science, but also on a philosophically controversial assumption, namely, that visual states of color supervene on physiological states. However, this assumption, on the part of philosophers or vision scientists, has the effect of simply ruling out certain versions of functionalism. While Nida-Rümelin is quite right to search for empirical tests for claims about the nature of visual states, philosophical issues remain pivotal in determining the correctness of these claims
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| Citations per year | 0.15 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 2017 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |