Overview

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

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Author:   Alex Byrne (Professor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ,  David R. Hilbert (University of Illinois)
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:   MIT Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780262522304

ISBN 10:   0262522306
Pages:   346
Publication Date:   15 May 1997
Recommended Age:   From 18
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

"Part 1 Physics: the causes of colour, Kurt Nassau. Part 2 Colour measurement: the physical basis of colour specification, D.L. MacAdam. Part 3 Physiology and psychophysics: chromatic and achromatic response functions, Leo M. Hurvich; neural coding of colour, Russell L. De Valois and Karen K. De Valois. Part 4 Colour constancy: recent advances in retinex theory, Edwin H. Land; colour constancy and the natural image, Brian A. Wandell; essay concerning colour constancy, Dorothea Jameson and Leo M. Hurvich. Part 5 Colour defects and genetics: colour blindness, Yun Hsia and C.H. Graham; perception of colour in unilateral tritanopia, M. Alpern et al; the genes for colour vision, Jeremy Nathans. Part 6 Central defects of colour vision and naming: colour-naming defects in association with alexia, Norman Geschwind and Michael Fusillo; colour perception profiles in central achromatopsia, Matthew Rizzo et al; on the role of parvocellular (P) and magnocellular (M) pathways in cerebral achromatopsia, Charles A. Heywood et al. Part 7 Comparative colour vision and evolution: the perceptual organization of colours - an adaptation to regularities of the terrestrial world?, Roger N. Shepard; visual pigments and the acquisition of visual information, J.N. Lythgoe and J.C. Partridge; ""Tho' She Kneel'd in That Place Where They Grew..."" - the uses and origins of primate colour vision, J.D. Mollon. Part 8 Colour concepts and names: the linguistic significance of the meanings of basic colour terms, Paul Kay and Chad K. McDaniel."

Reviews

This admirable volume of readings is the first of a pair: the editorsare to be applauded for placing the philosophy of color exactly whereit should go, in double harness with the most recent discoveries inthe science of color and color vision. Byrne and Hilbert concentrateon the main game, the question of realism, choose well, and bring thecollection right up to date with two new essays quite as good asanything else in the volume. Keith Campbell, Challis Professor of Philosophy, University of Sydney

This admirable volume of readings is the first of a pair: the editors are to be applauded for placing the philosophy of color exactly where it should go, in double harness with the most recent discoveries in the science of color and color vision. Byrne and Hilbert concentrate on the main game, the question of realism, choose well, and bring the collection right up to date with two new essays quite as good as anything else in the volume. --Keith Campbell, Challis Professor of Philosophy, University of Sydney

This admirable volume of readings is the first of a pair: the editors are to be applauded for placing the philosophy of color exactly where it should go, in double harness with the most recent discoveries in the science of color and color vision. Byrne and Hilbert concentrate on the main game, the question of realism, choose well, and bring the collection right up to date with two new essays quite as good as anything else in the volume. --Keith Campbell, Challis Professor of Philosophy, University of Sydney

Author Information

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.

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