
HoP 300a - The Relevance of Ancient Philosophy Today
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Early Modern Philosophy on Color Perception
Philosophy of color tends to be en by other metaphysical commitments. So suppose you're an atomist, right? You think there's nothing but colorless atoms spinning in the void. And you might be puzzled about how exactly right these give rise to the colors that we seem to experience when we look onto the scene before us. There's this distinction in early modern philosophy, which we haven't got into yet, but we will, i hope, between primary and secondary qualities.
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