Editorial: On Appearance.

The author reflects on the etymology of the term appearance which is congruent to the group of terms such as image, mirror, and spectacle. Appearance denotes an aspect of being whose essence rests in giving itself to be seen and being derived from the root which meant to look or to see. It also notes how philosopher Giorgio Agamben perceived appearance which is the essence of species, whose visibility is regarded to provide the basis of its intelligibility.