Readings on Color - The Philosophy of Color

Color is an endlessly fascinating subject to philosophers, scientists, and laypersons, as well an an instructive microcosm of cognitive science. In thesetwo anthologies, Alex Byrne and David Hilbert present a survey of the importantrecent philosophical and scientific writings on color. The introduction to volume 1provides a philosophical background and links the philosophical issues to theempirical work covered in volume 2. The bibliography in volume 1 is an extensiveresource for those doing philosophical work on color. The scientific selections involume 2 present work in color science that is relevant to philosophical thinkingabout color; the material is comprehensive and sophisticated enough to be useful tothe 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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• Authors: Alex Byrne, Alex Byrne, Alex (Professor of Philosophy Byrne, Alex Hilbert Byrne
• Assisted by: Alex Byrne (Editor), Alex (Professor of Philosophy Byrne (Editor), Alexander Byrne (Editor), David R. Hilbert (Editor), David R. (University of Illinois) Hilbert (Editor)
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.1997
• EAN: 9780262522304
• ISBN: 978-0-262-52230-4
• No. of pages: 346
• Series: A Bradford Book; Bradford Books; Readings on Color; The MIT Press; A Bradford Book; Readings on Color
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Electricity, magnetism, optics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works