People think colours must be in our minds since science say they aren't in the world. But science says they aren't in our minds either.
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Replying to @keithfrankish
1/2 I don't think science says either that colours aren't in the world or that they're in our mind.
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2/2 "Colour is the place where our brain and the universe meet." Merleau-Ponty, attributing it to Cézanne
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I like that. Even if color was proven to not exists, at least we'd know the changing colors of this sunset do. This need not assume the traditional 'in/out' notions.
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I find Mazviita Chirimuuta’s kind on this pretty compelling
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I'm kinda partial to my own view... ;)https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/colour-vision-2 …
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I imagine if we check in with all the new theories of color that come and go over the next 300 years, the one thing they'll all have in common is the kinds of experiences to which they refer.
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I think colours are ineliminably experiential (so I'm not an objectivist) but I also think they aren't sensational properties (qualia), so I'm not a subjectivist. I think they're relational and ecological properties (hence the Merleau-Ponty quote)
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But I also think this isn't something science "tells us." It requires philosophy to say it. Science gives us models with various vocabularies (and lots of colour ones); the larger understanding comes from philosophy
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That I understand. Science tracks patterns of observations, how nature systematically behaves in various contexts. When we talk about the nature of those responses, we must rely on philosophy. Or something like that?
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