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Will Sharp (Ben-Gurion University) Movies, mirrors, and metamers: experiencing the manifestation conditions of color
Tue 12 Mar
|Room G37
Time & Location
12 Mar 2024, 17:00 – 18:30
Room G37, Senate House, London WC1B, UK
Abstract
On a traditional view, color experience consists in representing objects as having reflectance properties. I argue this view issues unpalatable verdicts regarding the veridicality of experiences had at the cinema, looking in the mirror, and seeing surfaces transplanted from conditions in which they are metamers to conditions in which they are not. I propose an amendment to the view according to which color experience consists in representing surfaces as reflecting various proportions of light. The amendment is more ecumenical; enjoys intuitive support; and squares better with extant motivations of the traditional view.
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