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    It is not the case that Argument B commits a mistake analogous to the one diagnosed in a prior argument, warranting endorsement of color relativism

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    • 1.The analogy between Argument B and the prior argument fails if color predicates track mind-independent reflectance properties, as Hilbert and Byrne argue.
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    • 2.If color realism is true, relativizing color predicates to perceivers misidentifies the semantic content rather than correcting it.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Color relativism generates unacceptable semantic consequences: two perceivers asserting 'the tomato is red' would never genuinely disagree, only talk past each other.
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    • 2.Faultless disagreement accounts, as Lasersohn notes, require a standard of correctness that pure relativism about color cannot supply without collapsing into subjectivism.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.A prior argument was shown to commit a mistake by failing to relativize a predicate
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    • 2.Argument B similarly treats color predicates as absolute rather than relative to perceivers
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