The Quest for Reality - Barry Stroud - Libros - Oxford University Press Inc - 9780195133882 - 16 de diciembre de 1999
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The Quest for Reality


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We say "the grass is green" or "lemons are yellow" to state what everyone knows. But are the things we see around us really coloured, or do they only look that way because of the effects of light rays on our eyes and brains? Is colour somehow "unreal" or "subjective" and dependent on our human perceptions and the conditions under which we see things? Distinguished scholar Barry Stroud investigates these and related questions in The Quest for Reality. In this long-awaited book, he examines what a person would have to do and believe in order to reach the conclusion that everyone's perceptions and beliefs about the colour of things are "illusions" and do not accurately represent the way things are in the world as it is independently of us. Arguing that no such conclusion could be consistently reached, Stroud finds that the conditions of a successful unmasking of colour cannot all be fulfilled. The discussion extends beyond colour to present a serious challenge to many other philosophical attempts to discover the way things really are. A model of subtle, elegant, and rigorous philosophical writing, this study will attract a wide audience from all areas of philosophy.

Medios de comunicación Libros     Hardcover Book   (Libro con lomo y cubierta duros)
Publicado 16 de diciembre de 1999
ISBN13 9780195133882
Editores Oxford University Press Inc
Páginas 246
Dimensiones 166 × 242 × 24 mm   ·   521 g
Lengua Inglés  

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