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Rediscovering Colors

A Study in Pollyanna Realism

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Michael Watkins

    1. Auburn University, USA

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Part of the book series: Philosophical Studies Series (PSSP, volume 88)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Pollyanna Realism and the Simple Theory

    • George Berkeley
    Pages 1-18

  3. Why Colors Are Not Physical Properties

    • Thomas Reid, Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Pages 19-44

  4. Why Colors Are Not Relational Properties

    • C.B. Martin, Anonymous
    Pages 45-64

  5. Identifying Colors: Relationally Specifying a Nonrelational Property

    • Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Pages 65-105

  6. Colors, Dispositions, and Causal Powers

    • Aristotle
    Pages 107-138

  7. A Simple Theory Of Normal Conditions

    • Allan Gibbard, Virgil Aldrich
    Pages 139-164

  8. Animals, The Color Blind, and Far Away Places 1,

    • Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Pages 165-183

  9. Ecce Colores

    • Hilary Putnam
    Pages 185-194

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 195-202
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About this book

In Rediscovering Colors: A Study in Pollyanna Realism, Michael Watkins endorses the Moorean view that colors are simple, non-reducible, properties of objects. Consequently, Watkins breaks from what has become the received view that either colors are reducible to certain properties of interest to science, or else nothing is really colored. What is novel about the work is that Watkins, unlike other Mooreans, takes seriously the metaphysics of colors. Consequently, Watkins provides an account of what colors are, how they are related to the physical properties on which they supervene, and how colors can be causally efficacious without the threat of causal overdetermination. Along the way, he provides novel accounts of normal conditions and non-human color properties. The book will be of interest to any metaphysician and philosopher of mind interested in colors and color perception.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Auburn University, USA

    Michael Watkins

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rediscovering Colors

  • Book Subtitle: A Study in Pollyanna Realism

  • Authors: Michael Watkins

  • Series Title: Philosophical Studies Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0562-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0737-8Published: 30 June 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3923-9Published: 22 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0562-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0921-8599

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 210

  • Topics: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, Ontology, Philosophy, general

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