Depiction plays as important a role as language in our culture and communication, but its function is still not well understood. This volume of specially written essays by leading philosophers investigate the nature and value of depiction and its role in our understanding of the world. They set the agenda for the philosophy of depiction.
Zusammenfassung
Pictures are representations that depict their objects. Although depiction plays as important a role as language in contemporary culture and communication, its function is relatively poorly understood. This volume of specially written essays by leading philosophers offers to set the agenda for the philosophy of depiction. It addresses a wide range of philosophical issues, concerning the nature and value of depiction, the role of our perceptual processes ininterpreting pictures, and the role of depiction in everyday communication.
Zusammenfassung
Pictures are representations that depict their objects. Although depiction plays as important a role as language in contemporary culture and communication, its function is relatively poorly understood. This volume of specially written essays by leading philosophers offers to set the agenda for the philosophy of depiction. It addresses a wide range of philosophical issues, concerning the nature and value of depiction, the role of our perceptual processes ininterpreting pictures, and the role of depiction in everyday communication.
Titel
Philosophical Perspectives on Depiction
Autor
EAN
9780191585111
ISBN
978-0-19-158511-1
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Genre
Veröffentlichung
08.07.2010
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Anzahl Seiten
256
Jahr
2010
Untertitel
Englisch
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