Inter-species variation in colour perception |
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Authors: | Keith Allen |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Philosophy, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK |
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Abstract: | Inter-species variation in colour perception poses a serious problem for the view that colours are mind-independent properties. Given that colour perception varies so drastically across species, which species perceives colours as they really are? In this paper, I argue that all do. Specifically, I argue that members of different species perceive properties that are determinates of different, mutually compatible, determinables. This is an instance of a general selectionist strategy for dealing with cases of perceptual variation. According to selectionist views, objects simultaneously instantiate a plurality of colours, all of them genuinely mind-independent, and subjects select from amongst this plurality which colours they perceive. I contrast selectionist views with relationalist views that deny the mind-independence of colour, and consider some general objections to this strategy. |
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Keywords: | Colour Colour perception Perceptual variation Selectionism |
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