humanities.philosophy.objectivism

On Mar 18, 3:56 pm, Fred Weiss wrote:
> On Mar 17, 2:30 pm, Malrassic Park wrote:
>
> > This is for you non-believing Randroids I have conversed with who
> > refuse to accept the idea I've put forth here that color doesn't exist
> > outside of perception.
>
> I don't know which "non-believing Randroids" (whatever that means) you
> are referring to, but I've never said otherwise - putting aside your
> equivocation regarding "color", i.e. the distinction between light
> waves and the particular way we process them.
>
> I haven't got the patience to wade through the rest of your typical
> muck.

I thought you said you didn't want to chat with me anymore? I
didn't name names so don't take it personally. I never made a
distinction between light waves and the particular way we
process them. I made a distinction between light waves and
perception of color. The brain processing is irrelevant to the fact
that there is a distinction.

But you do make one interesting point about the *particular*
way we process them. If another being (animal, alien, whatever)
possessing eyesight observed those light-waves our minds
interpret as "blue," it will possibly be perceived as some other
color, or nothing. It all depends on how the brain of the being is
"configured" to interpret sensory matter.