Resemblance and Representation: An Essay in the Philosophy of Pictures

It's a platitude - which only a philosopher would dream of denying - that whereas words are connected to what they represent merely by arbitrary conventions, pictures are connected to what they represent by resemblance. The most important difference between my portrait and my name, for example,...

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Main Author: Blumson, Ben (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Open Book Publishers 2014
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