Enhanced but Indeterminate? How Attention Colors our World
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21823237 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Azenet Lopez (0000-0002-6647-5709, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, corresponding author), Eliska Simsova (0009-0008-7534-7769, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1349-1373 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Philosophy and Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1878-5158 • E-ISSN: 1878-5166 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s13164-023-00697-7 |
| OpenAlex | W4386810926 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 33 |
Attention makes things look brighter and more colorful. In light of these effects, representationalist philosophers propose that attentive experiences represent more determinate color properties than inattentive experiences. Although this claim is appealing, we argue that it does not hold for one of our best conceptualizations of content determinacy, according to which an experience has more determinate contents if it represents a narrower range of values within the relevant dimension. We argue that our current empirical evidence fails to show that attention has this kind of effect on color perception. We then offer an alternative, representationalist-friendly account of the attentional effects, as changes in vividness
Cognitive psychology · Determinacy · Empirical evidence · Epistemology · Indeterminate · Metaphysics · Perception · Philosophy of mind · Philosophy of science · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis · Color perception and design · Mathematics · Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies · Philosophy · Psychology
Perception and communication.
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A Taxonomy of External and Internal Attention
Color realism and color science
Attention alters appearance
Hi-def memories of lo-def scenes
Range content, attention, and the precision of representation
Against Block on attention and mental paint
Type 2 blindsight and the nature of visual experience
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |