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Perceptual objects may have nonphysical properties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2003

Aaron Ben-Ze’ev*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel benzeev@research.haifa.ac.il http://research.haifa.ac.il/~emotions/
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Byrne & Hilbert defend color realism, which assumes that: (a) colors are properties of objects; (b) these objects are physical; hence, (c) colors are physical properties. I accept (a), agree that in a certain sense (b) can be defended, but reject (c). Colors are properties of perceptual objects – which also have underlying physical properties – but they are not physical properties.

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