$84.86
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
21 May 2010
Summary
Leading philosophers and scientists consider what conclusions about color can be drawn when the latest analytic tools are applied to the most sophisticated color science.
Philosophers and scientists have long speculated about the nature of color. Atomists such as Democritus thought color to be “conventional,” not real; Galileo and other key figures of the Scientific Revolution thought that it was an erroneous projection of our own sensations onto external objects. More recently, phil…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262513753 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262513757 |
| Author: | Jonathan Cohen, Mohan Matthen, Rolf Kuehni, Paul M. Churchland, Reinhard Niederée, Rainer Mausfeld, Donald I.A. MacLeod, Kimberly A. Jameson, Austen Clark |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Bradford Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 21 May 2010 |
| Weight: | 726g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology |
About The Author
Jonathan Cohen
Jonathan Cohen is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. Mohan Matthen is Professor of Philosophy and Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto. Paul M. Churchland is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of The Engine of Reason, the Seat of the Soul, Matter and Consciousness: A Contemporary Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind (both published by the MIT Press), and other books. Mohan Matthen is Professor of Philosophy and Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto. Jonathan Cohen is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. Jonathan Westphal is a Permanent Member of the Senior Common Room at University College, Oxford. He is the author of Colour: A Philosophical Introduction. Alex Byrne is Professor of Philosophy at MIT and the coeditor of Fact and Value: Essays on Ethics and Metaphysics for Judith Jarvis Thomson (2001) and Readings on Color, volumes 1 and 2 (1997), all published by the MIT Press.
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