The Quest for Reality: Subjectivism & the Metaphysics of Colour

by Barry Stroud

Book Overview

We say "the grass is green" or "lemons are yellow" to state what everyone knows. But are the things we see around us really colored, or do they only look that way because of the effects of light rays on our eyes and brains? Is color somehow "unreal" or "subjective" and dependent on our human perceptions and the conditions under which we see things?

Distinguished scholar Barry Stroud investigates these and related questions in The Quest for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195151887
• ISBN13: 9780195151886
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 8.9"