The metaphysical status of colors

Authors

  • Plinio Junqueira Unifesp

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2023.v46esp1.p473

Keywords:

Secondary qualities, Primary qualities, Metaphysics, Skeptical view of the world, Dogmatism, Perception

Abstract

My intention, in this paper, is to elaborate a conception of colors as part of a skeptical view of the world. In order to do that, I examine how some of the major skeptics throughout the history of philosophy conceived colors, in relation both to other sensible qualities and to the physical object. Next, in the light of the exchange between Barry Stroud and John McDowell, I describe what seems to me to be the common conception of color, which the skeptic not only accepts, but goes even further claiming that he may know the color of objects through sense-perception.

Author Biography

  • Plinio Junqueira, Unifesp

    Docente na Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP – Brasil. Bolsista Produtividade do CNPq. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5239-3190.

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Recebido: 12/09/2022

Aceito: 21/02/2023

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2023-07-08

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Vol. 46 (2023): Brazilian Authorial Philosophy Special Issue - Volume 1

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The metaphysical status of colors. (2023). Trans/Form/Ação, 46, 473-500. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2023.v46esp1.p473