What and Where Are Colors?
Is the world really colorless, as neuroscience claims, or are colors out there, in the world? A re-reading of the history of color perception from Newton to contemporary neuroscience.
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A series of philosophical comics on the fundamental problems of the philosophy of mind, psychology, perception, artificial intelligence, and the cognitive sciences. Each comic tackles one specific conceptual knot — color, identity, consciousness, representation — with images and arguments.
Is the world really colorless, as neuroscience claims, or are colors out there, in the world? A re-reading of the history of color perception from Newton to contemporary neuroscience.
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Does the physical world have an autonomous existence? This comic shows the opposite. Starting from the Eleatic principle and from elementary arguments of physics: everything that exists is relative to something else.
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A concise sketch of the mind-object identity theory. Where is consciousness? Why should it sit inside the brain? Might it not be identical with the external world?
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A concise comic version of the spread mind. It examines the hypothesis of identity between mind and external object and tests it against individual experience and empirical data.
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The Kantian split between reality and appearance is taken apart. Nothing appears — everything takes place. Each thing is exactly as it seems. Sorry, Magritte.
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Is it possible to design and build a conscious machine? Empirical and theoretical models are set side by side. The answer — as always — depends on what we mean by consciousness.
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What is an object? A set of parts becomes a unity when it acts together to produce a joint effect. It follows from the Eleatic principle: to exist is to produce effects. The body brings whole worlds into existence.
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Is information real, or just a convenient epistemic fiction for describing a world of complicated objects? The question is more treacherous than it seems.
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Representations — images, symbols, codes — are everywhere in cognitive thought. But are they real? The intermediate-entity fallacy taken apart panel by panel.
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Things are not static entities: they are processes. The comic explores a process view of physical reality — a precursor of the mind-object identity theory.
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Things are not static entities: they are processes. The Italian version of the comic exploring a process view of physical reality — a precursor of the MOI theory.
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