Color Ontology and Color Science

Book Overview

Leading philosophers and scientists consider what conclusions about color can be drawn when the latest analytic tools are applied to the most sophisticated color science.

Philosophers and scientists have long speculated about the nature of color. Atomists such as Democritus thought color to be "conventional," not real; Galileo and other key figures of the Scientific Revolution thought that it was an erroneous projection of our own sensations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262513757
• ISBN13: 9780262513753
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher