Psychosemantics is the theory of what it is in virtue of which our thoughts refer to (parts of) the world; if traditional, linguistic semantics is the theory of word-world relations, the psychosemantics is intended to be the analogous theory of thought-world relations. Although the topic of psychosemantics might, at first blush, seem to be remote from the present concerns about color ontology, it has sometimes been alleged that the argument from perceptual variation that we have been considering depends in a certain way on psychosemantic matters -- or, at least, on the unsatisfactory status of extant psychsemantic theorizing.

'And again, “If she ben’t one o’ th’ handsomest, she’s noan faâl and varry good-natured; and i’ his een she’s fair beautiful, onybody may see that.”

Hereupon the magistrates of the town cried Hola, hola, bestay the matter.

Much thanks to those of you who were going to write for thish, but failed to make the deadline. Deadline nextish is July 1966...