Author Description

Color is an endlessly fascinating subject to philosophers, scientists, andlaypersons, as well an an instructive microcosm of cognitive science. In these two anthologies, AlexByrne and David Hilbert present a survey of the important recent philosophical and scientificwritings on color. The introduction to volume 1 provides a philosophical background and links thephilosophical issues to the empirical work covered in volume 2. The bibliography in volume 1 is anextensive resource for those doing philosophical work on color. The scientific selections in volume2 present work in color science that is relevant to philosophical thinking about color; the materialis comprehensive and sophisticated enough to be useful to the scientific reader. The introduction tovolume 2 is an overview of color science; the volume also contains suggestions for furtherreading.