And therein lies the problem.
If colour is a property of the surface of an object or substance, then it must
still exist when in the dark.
That which cannot be seen, still exists, unless you are an infant.
It is as real as the sound of a tree falling...
Oh bugger!
Andrew Fildes
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On 29/01/2013, at 9:53 AM, stephan van den zegel wrote:
> always remember that transparency is the substance doors are made when you
> hit them with your nose...
>
> and that anything out of light has no colour at all
>
> Stephan
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> From: Andrew Fildes
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> Subject: Re: [OM] Vision
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> Not me mate. I regard it as an intangible which we treat as if absolute.
> Even avoiding the subjective problems of colour perception, I tend to
> challenge students to tell me where colour actually exists. Mental CGI.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
>
> On 29/01/2013, at 3:25 AM, Brian Gray wrote:
>
>> But I am not sure what the view of professional Philosophers
>> is on this since in my experience there is a tendency for tutors at an
>> introductory level to regard an object's colour as an absolute
>> characteristic of the object, and have enough difficulty coping with
>> arguments about the effects of different ambient lighting.
>> But one piece of advice, be careful for a while after the operation and
>> try not to have an accident like one friend recently who went water
>> skiing too soon afterwards and suffered a bad fall.
>
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