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 ex...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Blumson, Ben
Corporate Authors:	JSTOR (Organization), Open Book Publishers
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge : OpenBook Publishers, [2014]
Subjects:	Representation (Philosophy) Image (Philosophy) Art > Philosophy. PHILOSOPHY > Aesthetics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book