Resemblance and representation : an essay in the philosophy of pictures

Resemblance and representation an essay in the philosophy of pictures

"It's a platitude - which only a philosopher would dream of denying - that whereas words are connected to what they represent merely by arbitrary conventions, pictures are connected to what they represent by resemblance. The most important difference between my portrait and my name, for ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Open Book Publishers, provider, publisher (provider publisher)
Otros Autores: Blumson, Ben, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers 2014.
Materias:
Representation (Philosophy)
Mental representation.
language
Myself
portrait
representation
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430557006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on the text
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Defining depiction
  • 3. Depiction and intention
  • 4. Depiction and convention
  • 5. Symbol systems
  • 6. Depiction and composition
  • 7. Interpreting images
  • 8. Intentionality and inexistence
  • 9. Perspective and possibility
  • 10. Pictures and properties
  • References
  • Index.

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