The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk

(as part of its Departmental Colloquium series)

by

Nenad Miscevic (CEU / University of Maribor)

on

COLOR: SNAPSHOT OR PHOTOSHOP?

Tuesday, 30 October, 2012, 5.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412

ABSTRACT

Where does usefulness of color perception come from? I want to argue that what enables us to talk about the usefulness of ‘detecting’ red is the unity bestowed by the response (the ‘visaging’ of phenomenal redness).

It is the relational, response-dependent usefulness, response-usefulness for short.

I shall also discuss the opposite view of Mohan Matthen who  derives reality of color from the usefulness of color recognition, rather than usefulness from its reality.