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Realism, Relativism, Adverbialism: How Different are they? Comments on Mazviita Chirimuuta's Outside Color
Author(s) -
Matthen Mohan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
philosophy and phenomenological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1933-1592
pISSN - 0031-8205
DOI - 10.1111/phpr.12409
Subject(s) - relativism , realism , ontology , epistemology , philosophy , value (mathematics) , linguistics , computer science , machine learning
Mazviita Chirimuuta proposes a new “adverbialist” ontology of color. I argue that ontological disputes in the philosophy of color are uniformly terminological. Chirimuuta's proposal too is a terminological variant on others, though it has some hortatory value in directing attention to aspects of color science that have hitherto been neglected. On a side note, I also take issue with Chirimuuta's laudatory take on early modern theories of color (such as Descartes').