PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DEPICTION by Catharine Abell (Editor), Katerina Bantinaki (Editor) ( 9780199585960 )

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Title:

PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DEPICTION

By:

Catharine Abell (Editor), Katerina Bantinaki (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0199585962

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9780199585960

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Publisher:

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

7 July, 2010

Series:

Mind Association Occasional Series

Pages:

254

Description:

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.

Synopsis:

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 in interpreting pictures, and the role of depiction in everyday communication.

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14 b/w halftones

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Oxford University Press

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