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An ecumenical response to color contrast cases

Pendaran Roberts

pp. 1725-1742

Abstract

Intrapersonal variation due to color contrast effects has been used to argue against the following intuitive propositions about the colors: No object can be more than one determinable or determinate color of the same grade all over at the same time (Incompatibility); external objects are actually colored (Realism); and the colors of objects are mind-independent (Objectivism). In this article, I provide a defense of Incompatibility, Realism, and Objectivism from intrapersonal variation arguments that rely on color contrast effects. I provide a novel, ecumenical response to such arguments according to which typical variants are right, and which respects Incompatibility, Realism, and Objectivism, using the thesis that the colors of objects depend on the colors of objects in their surrounds.

Publication details

Published in:

Dutant Julien, Fassio Davide, Meylan Anne (2017) Truth & epistemic norms. Synthese 194 (5).

Pages: 1725-1742

DOI: 10.1007/s11229-016-1016-1

Full citation:

Roberts Pendaran (2017) „An ecumenical response to color contrast cases“. Synthese 194 (5), 1725–1742.