How Blue Is Read: Language and Sensation in Literature and Philosophy

IF 0.1 3区文学 0 LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM

PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE Pub Date : 2023-12-05 DOI:10.1353/phl.2023.a913807

Nicholas Gaskill

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Abstract

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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.

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《蓝色是如何被解读的:文学和哲学中的语言和感觉

摘要:哲学家和艺术评论家长期以来一直认为，色彩语言错过了甚至破坏了色彩的不可言说的感觉。但从文学的角度来看，情况并非如此。从阅读但没有看到的颜色的例子开始，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指导颜色感觉的技术。然后我展示了William H. Gass和Maggie Nelson是如何在他们各自关于蓝色的书中发展出这个观点的，这些书实际上是关于写作和质量之间关系的。

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