Aesthetic philosophy is the color of bullshit

[feotakahari]

Suppose, as aesthetic philosophers do, that the color killer-yellow would be perceived as yellow, except you don’t perceive it because it kills you as soon as you look at it. if we’re using the definition of “yellow” that means “has a certain wavelength,” then killer-yellow is yellow. Killer-yellow is not yellow if we’re using the definition of yellow that means “is experienced as yellow by a human.” If you conflate the two and play word games with them to create a philosophy problem, your punishment is to be locked in a room with someone who believes in the ontological proof of God.

Comments

[sigmaleph]

if we're not allowed to play word games to create philosophy problems, then what are the philosophers gonna do all day??