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Colour, Consciousness, and Colour Consciousness

Brian P Mclaughlin

Consciousness January 23, 2003 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780199241286.003.0006 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Key points Argues that the nature of color is a matter of dispute and is intimately tied to the 'hard problem' of visual consciousness.

Abstract

Abstract For those of us blessed with sight, colours have been manifest in the scenes before our eyes ever since such scenes first came into focus. Familiarity has not bred understanding, however. The nature of these old acquaintances remains a matter of dispute. The dispute is intimately tied to ‘the hard problem’ of visual consciousness-the problem of determining the nature of visual consciousness.