This question hass bothered me for years, how do I know that what I see as blue isn't what you see as what I see as red but you have just called it blue all your life and don't know the difference?
2007-10-08 13:43:45 · 4 answers · asked by ZZZ is Curiouser and Curiouser 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
ZZZZZZZ. No, seriously, I believe we are all conditioned to accept a set standard. Someone first had to determine what blue would look like. After that, everyone had to step in line and agree that they share the same opinion. Now, if you tried to disagree and call what we (the majority) have determined to be pink as blue, everyone would call you crazy or color blind.
2007-10-08 13:51:03 · answer #1 · answered by bombastic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember having asked this same question as a child of about 11 or 12. I didn't get an answer. That is because no one knows for sure what goes on in the mind of another being because there is no known mental telepathy wherein we can experience another's mind. We are each of us alone in our own little mental universe. Each of our perceptions of qualia (properties of sensory experience) may be different but assumed to be the same because they are brought about by identical brains responding to identical neural stimuli. Some do not believe qualia are real; they are probably the same ones who believe consciousness is an emergent property of a material brain rather than a "real entity." Type "qualia" into Yahoo! web search and look in the Wikipedia, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and other links for more discussion of these ideas.
Good luck to you, you who see my blue as red, good mental health, peace and love!
2007-10-08 14:50:39 · answer #2 · answered by Mad Mac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
basically, we are taught that light of a certain wavelength is to be called "blue" and another wavelength is to be called "yellow"....etc etc etc
the wavelength of "blue" does not change with the perceiver...it is a constant...
the language does not change, that is, what you were taught to recognize as "blue" as a child is essentially the same as an adult...a more refined view and a more discerning palette to be sure...but still.."blue"
what is not easy to ascertain is the differences in color characteristics [hue, intensity, tone , etc] that you perceive compared to another person's perceptions of the identical color.....
[Mach, Planke did studies on much the same question in the 1800's]
2007-10-08 20:09:54 · answer #3 · answered by Gemelli2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what??????????????
2007-10-08 13:52:00 · answer #4 · answered by switz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋