Color and Shape: A Plea for Equal Treatment

Many philosophers, especially in the wake of the 17th century, have favored an inegalitarian view of shape and color, according to which shape is mind-independent while color is mind-dependent. In this essay, I advance a novel argument against inegalitarianism. The argument begins with an intuition about the modal dependence of color on shape, namely: it is impossible for something to have a color without having a shape (i.e. without having some sort of spatial extension, or at least spatial location). I then argue that, given reasonable assumptions, inegalitarianism contradicts this modal-dependence principle. Given the plausibility of the latter, I conclude that we should reject inegalitarianism in favor of some form of egalitarianism—either a subjective egalitarianism on which both shape and color are mind-dependent or an objective egalitarianism on which both shape and color are mind-independent.

Brooklyn Academy of Music : a brief address and ten plates.

List of subscribers to the stock of the Brooklyn Academy of Music and a covering letter sent with the volume laid in.

A guide to music, for beginners and others.

Also published under titles: A child's guide to music, and A student's guide to music.

Music, cantelenas, songs, etc., from an early fifteenth century manuscript ...

"Twelve of these songs are in English and four in French."

Famous composers and their works.

Includes index.

Kako Genzai Ingakyo (Sutra of Cause and Effect)

4 ft. 2 5/64 in.x 2 ft. 11 in.; hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

National conservatory of music.

Mode of access: Internet.

National union catalog; a cumulative author list representing Library of Congress printed cards and titles reported by other American libraries.

Includes entries for maps and atlases.

Lovers Walking in the Snow (Crow and Heron)

Suzuki Harunobu; 11 17/64 in.x 8 7/64 in.; woodcut (chuban) ink and color on paper, with embossing (karazuri)

Lovers Walking in the Snow (Crow and Heron)

Suzuki Harunobu; 11 17/64 in.x 8 7/64 in.; woodcut (chuban) ink and color on paper, with embossing (karazuri)

Peony and Bamboo by a Rock

Ike no Gyokuran; 3 ft. 39/64 in.x 1 ft. 4 27/64 in.; hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

Actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as the Courtesan Toyama and Actor Ichikawa Kurizo as Higashiyama Yoshiwakamaru

Toshusai Sharaku; 1 ft. 63/64 in.x 5 63/64 in.; woodcut, hosoban ink and color on paper

Boy, Girl and Viewing Glass

Suzuki Harunobu; 10 3/4 in.x 7 3/4 in.; woodcut, ink and color on paper

Finches and Bamboo: bird at left

Emperor Huizong; handscroll, ink and color on silk