How Colours Matter to Philosophy | Marcos Silva

This edited volume explores the different and seminal ways colours matter to philosophy. Each chapter provides an insightful analysis of one or more cases in which colours raise philosophical problems in different areas and periods of philosophy. This historically informed discussion examines both logical and linguistic aspects, covering such areas as the mind, aesthetics and mathematics. The international contributors look at traditional epistemological and metaphysical issues on the subjectivity and objectivity of colours. In addition, they also assess phenomenological problems typical of the continental tradition and contemporary problems in the philosophy of mind, such as qualia, the extended mind and enactivism. The chapters include coverage of such topics as Newton's theory of light and colours, how primary qualities are qualitative and colours are primary, explaining colour phenomenology, and colour in cognition, language and philosophy. The book will be an essential resource for anyone working in the central areas of contemporary philosophy. It also serves as a starting point for future research in the fascinating investigation into the nature, epistemology and logic of colours.