
Picture, Image and Experience
A Philosophical Inquiry
Robert Hopkins(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 30. April 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-0-521-10982-6 (ISBN)
Description
How do pictures represent? In this book Robert Hopkins casts new light on an ancient question by connecting it to issues in the philosophies of mind and perception. He starts by describing several striking features of picturing that demand explanation. These features strongly suggest that our experience of pictures is central to the way they represent, and Hopkins characterizes that experience as one of resemblance in a particular respect. He deals convincingly with the objections traditionally assumed to be fatal to resemblance views, and shows how his own account is uniquely well placed to explain picturing's key features. His discussion engages in detail with issues concerning perception in general, including how to describe phenomena that have long puzzled philosophers and psychologists, and the book concludes with an attempt to see what a proper understanding of picturing can tell us about that deeply mysterious phenomenon, the visual imagination.
Reviews / Votes
"...his discussion is instructive and valuable because of its detail, its elaboration of the many problems that pictures pose, and the theoretical honesty and thoroughness with which he addresses all these problems...one cannot but come away with an enriched appreciation of the problems posed by pictures and the challenges any theory needs to address." Sonea Sedivy, The Philosophical Review "...well-structured and written, and expertly argued." International Studies in Philosophy "...it is a significant account for the specialist interested in late 20th-century questions about aesthetic experience." International Philosophical QuarterlyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
14 Halftones, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
321 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-10982-6 (9780521109826)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
Introduction; 1. The question; 2. Some features to explain; 3. Outline shape; 4. A theory of depiction; 5. Misrepresentation; 6. Indeterminacy and interpretation; 7. Visualizing; Bibliography; Index.