Readings on Color, Vol. 1

Hilbert R. Byrne Alex

ISBN 10: 0262024241 / ISBN 13: 9780262024242

Published by MIT Press, 1997

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pp. 345.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Readings on Color, Vol. 1
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262024241
• ISBN 13: 9780262024242
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used

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Synopsis

Color is an endlessly fascinating subject to philosophers, scientists, andlaypersons, as well an an instructive microcosm of cognitive science. In these two anthologies, AlexByrne and David Hilbert present a survey of the important recent philosophical and scientificwritings on color. The introduction to volume 1 provides a philosophical background and links thephilosophical issues to the empirical work covered in volume 2. The bibliography in volume 1 is anextensive resource for those doing philosophical work on color. The scientific selections in volume2 present work in color science that is relevant to philosophical thinking about color; the materialis comprehensive and sophisticated enough to be useful to the scientific reader. The introduction tovolume 2 is an overview of color science; the volume also contains suggestions for furtherreading.

About the Author

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.