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> [If neuroscientific research shows that those mechanisms only contain comparative information about colour differences, and have 'thrown away' more fine-grained information about the absolute colours of single surfaces, then that would support my position, in a way that just introspecting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-papineau/if-neuroscientific-research-shows-that-those-mechanisms-only-contain/)

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## More by David Papineau

> [Nearly everybody nowadays accepts the 'causal completeness of physics' - every physical event (or at least its probability) has a full physical cause. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-papineau/nearly-everybody-nowadays-accepts-the-causal-completeness-of-physics/)

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> [My first degree was in mathematics. That was great, but it didn't help with many of the things that puzzled me. I became a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-papineau/my-first-degree-was-in-mathematics-that-was-great-but-it-didn-t-help/)

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> [If there is such a simple argument for physicalism, how come everybody hasn't always been a physicalist? That's a good question, and there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-papineau/if-there-is-such-a-simple-argument-for-physicalism-how-come-everybody/)

[David Papineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-papineau/)

> [Kripke says that physicalists like me can't explain the 'apparent contingency' of mind-brain identities. He maintains that, if I really believed that pains are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-papineau/kripke-says-that-physicalists-like-me-can-t-explain-the-apparent/)

[David Papineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-papineau/)

> [A certain kind of methodologically-minded philosopher of science is quick to read off metaphysical conclusions from features of scientific practice. Chemists don't derive their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-papineau/a-certain-kind-of-methodologically-minded-philosopher-of-science-is/)

[David Papineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-papineau/)

> [I think my view is rather more radical than Pete Mandik's. Both of us want to show that colour perception doesn't transcend what can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-papineau/i-think-my-view-is-rather-more-radical-than-pete-mandik-s-both-of-us/)

[David Papineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-papineau/)

> [On the methodological issue, I think that would be hopeless to try to adjudicate between my view and orthodoxy by appeal to phenomenological introspection.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-papineau/on-the-methodological-issue-i-think-that-would-be-hopeless-to-try-to/)

[David Papineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-papineau/)

> [Again, when we view a scene fleetingly, do we consciously see all the details even though we don't retain them, or do we not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-papineau/again-when-we-view-a-scene-fleetingly-do-we-consciously-see-all-the/)

[David Papineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-papineau/)

> [Everybody agrees that a future in which you are dead is a very bad thing, and that it isn't made any better by your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-papineau/everybody-agrees-that-a-future-in-which-you-are-dead-is-a-very-bad/)

[David Papineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-papineau/)

> [I don't think that we can figure out what is going on in conscious colour perception just by phenomenological introspection. We need to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-papineau/i-don-t-think-that-we-can-figure-out-what-is-going-on-in-conscious/)

[David Papineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-papineau/)

> [In truth a clear-headed physicalist shouldn't be thinking any of these dualist thoughts. If pains are one and the same as C-fibres firing, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-papineau/in-truth-a-clear-headed-physicalist-shouldn-t-be-thinking-any-of/)

[David Papineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-papineau/)

> [The use of neuroscientific data to help resolve phenomenological questions is proving a common theme in much contemporary thinking about the mind. How rich…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-papineau/the-use-of-neuroscientific-data-to-help-resolve-phenomenological/)

[David Papineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-papineau/)

> [Natural selection has ensured that each species achieves the requisite effect somehow, but it doesn't care, so to speak, how the trick is done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-papineau/natural-selection-has-ensured-that-each-species-achieves-the/)

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> [I realize that I won't have quite enough time to understand everything - but that hasn't stopped me wanting to understand as much as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-papineau/i-realize-that-i-won-t-have-quite-enough-time-to-understand/)

[David Papineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-papineau/)

> [Schrödinger's cat has a 50% quantum chance of coming out of the box alive and a 50% quantum chance of coming out dead. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-papineau/schr-dinger-s-cat-has-a-50-quantum-chance-of-coming-out-of-the-box/)

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