although Descartes thought that he was able to. — Angelo Cannata
The standard philosophical agreement is that it's impossible to say that the colour red that I see isn't the colour blue to you. — GLEN willows
I would like to understand what you are arguing about. — Angelo Cannata
The standard philosophical agreement is that it's impossible to say that the colour red that I see isn't the colour blue to you. Yet doesn't this clash with the descriptors we use for different colours? — GLEN willows
If you see what I call "yellow" as grey — GLEN willows
The standard philosophical agreement is that it's impossible to say that the colour red that I see isn't the colour blue to you. — GLEN willows
Coolest stuff here is if you watch those youtube clips where guys get those glasses that let previously color blind people see colors. The initial wtf reaction, and then they do understand what red, blue and so on are without asking. — Ansiktsburk
And I DON'T mean as in "my eyes see colours differently from most people" — GLEN willows
Wittgenstein's notion that there is NO WAY of knowing what colour different minds are seeing. — GLEN willows
Do you see the point? — GLEN willows
Are you familiar with Wittgenstein’s argument Re: colour? — GLEN willows
"The thing is, we both reference the same color, and don't have a debate as to whether it is labeled "red"
Again - I agree with you. But this go against Wittgenstein's notion that there is NO WAY of knowing what colour different minds are seeing. — GLEN willows
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