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Images (Hardcover, New)
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Images (Hardcover, New)
Series: New Problems of Philosophy
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The nature of representation is a central topic in philosophy. This
is the first book to connect problems with understanding
representational artifacts, like pictures, diagrams, and
inscriptions, to the philosophies of science, mind, and art. Can
images be a source of knowledge? Are images merely conventional
signs, like words? What is the relationship between the observer
and the observed? In this clear and stimulating introduction to the
problem John V. Kulvicki explores these questions and more. He
discusses: the nature of pictorial experience and "seeing in"
recognition, resemblance, pretense, and structural theories of
depiction images as aids to scientific discovery and understanding
mental imagery and the nature of perceptual content photographs as
visual prostheses. In so doing he assesses central problems in the
philosophy of images, such as how objects we make come to represent
other things, and how we distinguish kinds of representation -
pictures, diagrams, graphs - from one another. Essential reading
for students and professional philosophers alike, the book also
contains chapter summaries, annotated further reading, and a
glossary.
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