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The sensorimotor approach to color: An empirical victory of philosophy!| old_uid | 12874 |
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| title | The sensorimotor approach to color: An empirical victory of philosophy! |
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| start_date | 2013/10/14 |
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| schedule | 16h-18h |
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| online | no |
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| summary | The sensorimotor approach to phenomenal consciousness claims to bridge the explanatory gap and provide an explanation for the "what it's like" of sensory experience. An obvious challenge to the theory was thus to try to apply it to color, which is the philosopher's prototype of a "quale". I will report an approach that takes the view that (1) color is essentially an aspect of surfaces, not of lights; and (2) the quality of a color experience is constituted by the sensorimotor law that describes how a surface modifies incoming light. I will show how this simple philosophical idea gives rise to empirical predictions about color naming and unique hues that are borne out with surprising accuracy. |
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| responsibles | Kriegel |
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