Images

by Kulvicki, John V.

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Title Statements

Full title :Images / John V. Kulvicki.

Summary

"The use of images, diagrams and pictures - and the related problem of how one thing may represent another - is one of the central problems in philosophy. This is the first book to connect the problem of representational artifacts to philosophy of science, philosophy of mind and aesthetics. 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 Kulvicki explores these questions and more. He discusses:the nature of pictorial experience and 'seeing in'recognition, resemblance, pretense, and structural theories of depictionimages as aids to scientific discovery and understandingmental imagery and the nature of perceptual contentphotographs 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 one kind of representation-pictures, diagrams, sentences, signs-from another. Essential reading for students and professional philosophers alike, the book also contains chapter summaries, annotated further reading and a glossary"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 221 p. : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780415557016, 0415557011
oclc:ocn881475361
LC Classification:B105.I47
Dewey Decimal:121/.35

Experience -- Recognition -- Resemblance -- Pretence -- Structure -- Realism and Unrealism -- Scientific Images -- Images in Mind -- Photography and Object Perception.

Subjects

Illustrations, images, etc Image (Philosophie) Image (Philosophy) Philosophie de l'esprit Philosophie des sciences Représentation (philosophie) Representation (Philosophy) Théorie de la connaissance