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<journal-id>1870-3542</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de física E]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. fís. E]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3542</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Física]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-35422009000200009</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Some thoughts on the philosophy of color]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Aboites]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Vicente]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Center for Research in Optics Photonics Department ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Leon Gto.]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<month>12</month>
<year>2009</year>
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<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2009</year>
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<volume>55</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>216</fpage>
<lpage>220</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-35422009000200009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-35422009000200009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-35422009000200009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Some of the main current philosophical theories of color are briefly presented. Based on them and as an analogy, several hypothetical philosophies of heat are offered. Finally, after a discussion and criticism of the hypothetical philosophies of heat, a proposal is offered to deal with the problem of color which solves some of the troubles faced by some current philosophies of color. The limitations of this proposal are also mentioned and discussed.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Algunas de las más importantes y actuales teorías filosóficas del color se presentan brevemente. A partir de ellas y estableciendo una analogía, se presentan varias hipotéticas filosofías del calor. Finalmente después de una discusión y crítica de las hipotéticas filosofías del calor, se presenta una propuesta para tratar el problema del color la cual resuelve algunos de los problemas enfrentados por algunas filosofías del color actuales. Las limitaciones de esta propuesta son mencionadas y discutidas.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Color]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[philosophy of color]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[optics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Color]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[filosofía del color]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[óptica]]></kwd>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="4">Historia y filosof&iacute;a de la f&iacute;sica</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="4"><b>Some thoughts on the philosophy of color</b></font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Vicente Aboites*</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><i>Photonics Department, Center for Research in Optics, Loma del Bosque 115, Col. Campestre, Leon, Gto., 37150 Mexico, e&#150;mail: *</i><a href="mailto:aboites@cio.mx">aboites@cio.mx</a></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Recibido el 26 de marzo de 2009    <br>   Aceptado el 11 de septiembre de 2009</font></p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Abstract</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Some of the main current philosophical theories of color are briefly presented. Based on them and as an analogy, several hypothetical philosophies of heat are offered. Finally, after a discussion and criticism of the hypothetical philosophies of heat, a proposal is offered to deal with the problem of color which solves some of the troubles faced by some current philosophies of color. The limitations of this proposal are also mentioned and discussed.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Keywords: </b>Color; philosophy of color; optics.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Resumen</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Algunas de las m&aacute;s importantes y actuales teor&iacute;as filos&oacute;ficas del color se presentan brevemente. A partir de ellas y estableciendo una analog&iacute;a, se presentan varias hipot&eacute;ticas filosof&iacute;as del calor. Finalmente despu&eacute;s de una discusi&oacute;n y cr&iacute;tica de las hipot&eacute;ticas filosof&iacute;as del calor, se presenta una propuesta para tratar el problema del color la cual resuelve algunos de los problemas enfrentados por algunas filosof&iacute;as del color actuales. Las limitaciones de esta propuesta son mencionadas y discutidas.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Descriptores: </b>Color; filosof&iacute;a del color; &oacute;ptica. </font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">PACS: 01.70.+w; 01.65.+g; 42.66.Ne</font></p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><a href="/pdf/rmfe/v55n2/v55n2a9.pdf" target="_blank">DESCARGAR ART&Iacute;CULO EN FORMATO PDF</a></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Acknowledgements</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">With pleasure the author acknowledges the comments to this paper by Professor Larry Hardin and by an anonymous referee.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>References</b></font></p>     <!-- ref --><p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">1. C.L. Hardin, <i>Color for Philosophers </i>(Hackett Publishing Company 1986).</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=8452225&pid=S1870-3542200900020000900001&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --><!-- ref --><p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">2. A. Byrne and D.R. Hilbert, <i>Readings on Color </i>(The MIT Press, 1997).</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=8452226&pid=S1870-3542200900020000900002&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --><!-- ref --><p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">3. E. Thompson, <i>Colour Vison </i>(Routledge, 1995).</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=8452227&pid=S1870-3542200900020000900003&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --><!-- ref --><p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">4. E.   Rubinstein,    <i>The   Internet   Encycopledia   of Philosphy</i>. <a href="http://www.iep.utm.edu/color/" target="_blank">http://www.iep.utm.edu/c/color.htm</a> (2007).</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=8452228&pid=S1870-3542200900020000900004&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --><!-- ref --><p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">5. B.      Maund,       <i>Stanford     Encyclopedia      of    Philosophy,</i> <a href="http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/color/" target="_blank">http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/color/</a>(2006).</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=8452229&pid=S1870-3542200900020000900005&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --><!-- ref --><p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">6. C.L. Harding, <i>private communication </i>(2009).</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=8452230&pid=S1870-3542200900020000900006&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --> ]]></body><back>
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