Images

John V. Kulvicki is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth University, USA. He is the author of On Images: Their Structure and Content (2006).

出版者:Routledge

作者:Kulvicki, John

页数:224

出版时间:2013-11

价格:$37.95

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780415557016

丛书系列:New Problems of Philosophy

图书标签:Cinema2018

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.