Mazviita Chirimuuta
List of John Benjamins publications for which Mazviita Chirimuuta plays a role.
Articles
2014 The metaphysical significance of colour categorization: Mind, world, and their complicated relationship Colour Studies: A broad spectrum, Anderson, Wendy, Carole P. Biggam, Carole Hough and Christian Kay (eds.), pp. 273–286 | Article
In this chapter I approach the ancient metaphysical question concerning the reality – or otherwise – of colour. Certain philosophers (Hardin 1993; Pautz 2006) have argued that the existence of colour categories, and colour spaces which instantiate similarity relationships between the categories,… read more
2011 Touchy-Feely colour New Directions in Colour Studies, Biggam, Carole P., Carole Hough, Christian Kay and David R. Simmons (eds.), pp. 27–38 | Article
The default opinion in philosophy is that we perceive colours to be intrinsic properties of things, properties that objects have regardless of their relations with perceivers. This intrinsic-intuition is considered a crucial objection to relational theories of colour, ones that account for colours… read more