Images

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-415-55700-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 531 g

Reihe: New Problems of Philosophy

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kulvicki, John V.

Kulvicki, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Pictorial Platitudes 1. Gombrich and the Beholder’s Share 2. Experience 3. Recognition 4. Resemblance 5. Pretense 6. Structure 7. Realism and Unrealism 8. Scientific Images 9. Images in Mind 10. Photography and Object Perception. Index

Über Autor(innen)

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