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Basic tastes and unique hues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2008

David R. Hilbert
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607. hilbert@uic.eduhttp://www.uic.edu/~hilbert/

Abstract

The logic of the basic taste concept is discussed in relation to the physiology and psychophysics of color vision. An alternative version of the basic taste model, analogous to opponent-process theory is introduced. The logic of quality naming experiments is clarified.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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