On Images - Their Structure and Content

Zusatztext From start to finish, it is original, beautifully argued, and just brimming with useful ideas. It is written in clear, crisp prose and unfolds in a logical manner. I learned something from almost every sentence in this book. I predict that it will enter the ranks of the classics in the philosophy of pictures. Klappentext What makes pictures different from all of the other ways we have of representing things? Why do pictures seem so immediate? What makes a picture realistic or not? Against prevailing wisdom! Kulvicki claims that what makes pictures special is not how we perceive them! but how they relate to one another. This not only provides some new answers to old questions! but it shows that there are many more kinds of pictures out there than many have thought. Zusammenfassung Shows that a properly crafted structural account of pictures has many advantages over the perceptual accounts that dominate the literature on this topic. This book explains the close relationship between pictures, diagrams, graphs and other kinds of non-linguistic representation.

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• Autori: John V. Kulvicki, John V. (Dartmouth College Kulvicki, Kulvicki John V.
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 17.08.2006
• EAN: 9780199290758
• ISBN: 978-0-19-929075-8
• Pagine: 272
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte; Theory of art, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Perception, Philosophy of Mind, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, ART / Criticism & Theory, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Philosophy: aesthetics, Cognition and cognitive psychology