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What is it like to be colour‐blind? A case study in experimental philosophy of experience
Author(s) -
Allen Keith,
Quinlan Philip,
Andow James,
Fischer Eugen
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
mind and language
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.905
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1468-0017
pISSN - 0268-1064
DOI - 10.1111/mila.12370
Subject(s) - blindness , variety (cybernetics) , psychology , field (mathematics) , lived experience , qualitative research , epistemology , sociology , computer science , philosophy , optometry , medicine , artificial intelligence , social science , mathematics , psychoanalysis , pure mathematics
What is the experience of someone who is “colour‐blind” like? This paper presents the results of a study that uses qualitative research methods to better understand the lived experience of colour blindness. Participants were asked to describe their experiences of a variety of coloured stimuli, both with and without EnChroma glasses—glasses which, the manufacturers claim, enhance the experience of people with common forms of colour blindness. More generally, the paper provides a case study in the nascent field of experimental philosophy of experience.