Re: Favourite colour

Matt Marsh <matt-ko/[email protected]> Sun, 14 Aug 2005 23:45:27 +0100
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Kevin Mulligan wrote:
> As a philosopher I'd like to point out that your studies are a waste  of 
> time.  Anything with any supposed scientific backing is going to  turn 
> out to be wrong sooner or later.

What a load of twaddle.

> As I already said, talking about colours in relation to light is a  
> non-argument unless you can explain why light would possesses the  
> characteristics of a colour.

Of course "light" possesses the characteristics of a colour. "Light" is 
not just one wavelength, but a collection of wavelengths. And different 
wavelengths represent different colours. So the wavelength is the 
property specifying the colour of the "light".

Matt

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