Resemblance and representation : an essay in the philosophy of pictures /

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"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
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blumson, Ben (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK : OpenBook Publishers, 2014.
Temas:
Representation (Philosophy)
Image (Philosophy)
Art > Philosophy.
Représentation (Philosophie)
Image (Philosophie)
Art > Philosophie.
Humanities.
Philosophy.
Philosophy: aesthetics.
PHILOSOPHY > Aesthetics.
Art > Philosophy
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on the text
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 An ostensive definition of depiction
  • 1.2 The analysis of resemblance as sharing properties
  • 1.3 An intuitive taxonomy of representation
  • 1.4 The methodology of analysis
  • 1.5 Conclusion
  • 2. Defining Depiction
  • 2.1 Grice's analysis of speaker meaning
  • 2.2 The intended effect in Grice's analysis
  • 2.3 The salient feature in Grice's analysis
  • 2.4 Abell's analysis of depiction
  • 2.5 Conclusion
  • 3. Depiction and Intention
  • 3.1 Objections to the necessity of intention
  • 3.2 Objections to the necessity of an audience
  • 3.3 Objections to the sufficiency of intention
  • 3.4 Objections to the necessity of reasons
  • 3.5 Conclusion
  • 4. Depiction and Convention
  • 4.1 Goodman's definition of symbol systems
  • 4.2 Formal definition of languages
  • 4.3 Lewis' analysis of convention
  • 4.4 Analysis of depictive symbol systems
  • 4.5 Conclusion
  • 5. Symbol Systems
  • 5.1 Analysis of conventional language
  • 5.2 Analysis of symbol systems in use
  • 5.3 Depiction outside of symbol systems
  • 5.4 Meaning outside conventional language
  • 5.5 Conclusion
  • 6. Depiction and Composition
  • 6.1 Theories of representation
  • 6.2 The finite axiomatization constraint
  • 6.3 The mirror constraint
  • 6.4 The structural constraint
  • 6.5 Conclusion
  • 7. Interpreting Images
  • 7.1 Compositionality and language understanding
  • 7.2 Compositionality and understanding pictures
  • 7.3 Understanding pictures without compositionality
  • 7.4 Understanding language without compositionality
  • 7.5 Conclusion
  • 8. Intentionality and Inexistence
  • 8.1 Analysing depiction in intentional terms
  • 8.2 Denying depiction is relational
  • 8.3 Denying relations are between existents
  • 8.4 Depiction of states of affairs
  • 8.5 Conclusion
  • 9. Perspective and Possibility
  • 9.1 The possible worlds analysis of content
  • 9.2 Centred properties and possible worlds
  • 9.3 The two-dimensional analysis of content
  • 9.4 Structured intensions and impossible worlds
  • 9.5 Conclusion
  • 10. Pictures and Properties
  • 10.1 Predicate nominalism
  • 10.2 Class nominalism
  • 10.3 Scientific realism
  • 10.4 Inegalitarian nominalism
  • 10.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.

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