Blue Sky Thoughts: Colour, Consciousness and RealityFor centuries philosophers have disputed whether the sky really is blue or whether this "blueness" is only in the eye of the beholder. But perhaps there is a better way to think about perception . . . |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
Forest of the Senses | 31 |
Rescuing Direct Realism | 81 |
Copyright | |
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after-image animal arguments arise atoms auditory awareness blue blueness brain causal colour presentation colour quality conceived consider daffodils David Chalmers Descartes determined direct realism empty space entities environment example exhaustively contained explanation external world eyes fact field flowers green hallucinations hard problem human idea illusions J.T. Thomas light man's manifest outwardly matter mental mind-body problem molecules naïve realism nanometres natural view nerve neurons Newton observer's observers occurs optical perceiver petals philosophical physical objects physical realm physical world position possible presentation across space properties of space qualia quality of colour quality of sound quality-based representational theory Quantum Foam reality reflectance physicalism reflected refraction relational theory René Descartes representational theory result sensations sensory memory sensory qualities sensory system signals sound waves source object suggest sunlight surface surrounding space taste theory of sensory vision visual system wavelengths yellow