Abstract:

Philosophers and art critics have long argued that the language of color misses or even mars the ineffable sensation of color. But a literary perspective shows otherwise. Starting with examples of colors read but not seen, and then discussing how philosophers have addressed (and often muddled) the so-called problem of color, I propose thinking of color terms as techniques for stabilizing and directing color sensations. I then show how William H. Gass and Maggie Nelson develop a version of this idea in their respective books about blue, which are really books about the relationship between writing and quality.

中文翻译：

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如何解读蓝色：文学和哲学中的语言与感觉

摘要：

哲学家和艺术评论家长期以来一直认为，色彩语言错过甚至损害了不可言喻的色彩感觉。但从文学角度来看却并非如此。从读过但没见过的颜色示例开始，然后讨论哲学家如何解决（并且经常混淆）所谓的颜色问题，我建议将颜色术语视为稳定和引导颜色感觉的技术。然后，我展示了威廉·H·加斯和玛吉·尼尔森如何在各自关于蓝色的书中发展了这个想法的一个版本，这些书实际上是关于写作和质量之间关系的书。