My purple and your purple don't look the same, neither do our greens, neither do our reds etc. We see the same colors differently. There is a name for this theory, can you please tell me what it is?
2007-02-14 07:33:11 · 9 answers · asked by Sunbeam 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Thomas Nagel Is probably the nearest a philospher has come to codifying this principal of the privacy of internal perceptions in an Article for Mind basically arguing that even if we knew everything there was to know about the physical manifestations of a bats sensory input we would not know what it was like to be a bat. This is the same principle as the perceiving colours differently. However philospher's of Language would argue for effective communication purposes we have agreed on a range of light waves that correspond to Blue so that if I say the car is blue you could not possibly be seeing orange, because it would hinder communication and the difference would become apparent. this argument is not very convincing and I think McGinn and Nagel state best that a subjects perceptions in essence can never be as fully perceived by another subject. This is the essence of subjectivity.
2007-02-19 07:12:56 · answer #1 · answered by Bobby B 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is not a theory. It is the way each individuals vision sees a color. I know sometimes a certain shade of Grey will look brown to me. I was told this by my optometrist.
2007-02-22 03:46:19 · answer #2 · answered by michelebaruch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Big Bang Theory. After you get hit several times in the head, besides the stars, you see everything in rainbow!
2007-02-19 14:07:50 · answer #3 · answered by hulkamanialivesforevr 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Agnosticism about color qualia.
I looked, there's no standard theory name that I could find.
However, it is widely agreed upon-- because we are all skeptical when it comes to verifying the quality of subjective experience.
2007-02-14 08:09:07 · answer #4 · answered by -.- 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Perception and Perspectives
2007-02-22 05:33:12 · answer #5 · answered by Elder 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's called Ridiculous
2007-02-14 07:40:46 · answer #6 · answered by strider514 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
its called delusional and if you think its not, don't stop for a RED LIGHT when driving, and you will eventually explain you theory to a colorblind judge
2007-02-14 07:45:15 · answer #7 · answered by BANANA 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Color blind or possibly closed minded.
2007-02-19 15:59:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
its called synesthesia
2007-02-14 07:39:49 · answer #9 · answered by skankyho 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋