Single Idea 3229

[catalogued under 15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 6. Inverted Qualia]

Full Idea

If colour can be modelled as a cone, with points mapped by hue, brightness and saturation, then a rotation could be isomorphic with the hues switched, so we may all experience different hues.

Gist of Idea

If colour fits a cone mapping hue, brightness and saturation, rotating the cone could give spectrum inversion

Source

Georges Rey (Contemporary Philosophy of Mind [1997], 11.7.1)

Book Reference

Rey,Georges: 'Contemporary Philosophy of Mind' [Blackwell 1997], p.310


A Reaction

from Levine