?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Objectivism+and+the+evolutionary+value+of+colour+vision&rft.creator=Dedrick%2C+Don&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=In+Color+for+Philosophers+C.+L.+Hardin+argues+that+chromatic+objectivism%C2%97a+view+which+identifies+colour+with+some+or+other+property+of+objects%C2%97must+be+false.+The+upshot+of+Hardin's+argument+is+this%3A+there+is%2C+in+fact%2C+no+principled+correlation+between+physical+properties+and+perceived+colours.+Since+that+correlation+is+a+minimal+condition+for+objectivism%2C+objectivism+is+false.+Mohan+Matthen%2C+who+accepts+Hardin's+conclusion+for+what+can+be+called+%22simple+objectivism%2C%22+takes+it+that+an+adaptationist+theory+of+biological+function+applied+to+colour+is+able+to+surmount+the+problems+Hardin+describes.+It+is+Matthen's+view+that+I+am+primarily+concerned+with+in+this+paper.+I+will+argue+that+it+entails+an+overly+simple+view+of+adaptive+value%C2%97as%2C+perhaps%2C+do+all+objectivist+views.&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F366%2F1%2Fdialogue.html&rft.identifier=++Dedrick%2C+Don++(1995)+Objectivism+and+the+evolutionary+value+of+colour+vision.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F366%2F