The represented object of color experience

Philosophical Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-27

  Schier, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Color; Color Contrast; Experience; Molecular Scheme Of Representation; Psychophysics; Representation; Spatial Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847046813     PISSN: 09515089     EISSN: 1465394X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515080600901988     Document Type: Review

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