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The relationship between mind and color is established by the mechanistic worldview, which posits that colors are not inherent in physical matter but are experiences produced in the mind by external stimuli [1], [2]. This connection is further evidenced by Isaac Newton's inquiry into how light acts upon the mind to generate the perception of color [3].
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Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu 2 facts
claimThe mechanistic worldview banished colors from the material world, attributing them instead to the causal powers of physical objects acting on the mind.
quoteIsaac Newton wrote to Henry Oldenburg: “... to determine by what modes or actions light produceth in our minds the phantasm of colour is not so easie.”
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimColors were banished from the world of matter in the mechanistic worldview and replaced with the 'causal powers' of physical things to produce the experience of color in the mind.