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The Treachery of Images: Why Images Do not Exist and There Are Only Flat Objects
- Source :
- JoLMA, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp - (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari, 2021.
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Abstract
- Do images exist? In this paper I argue that the notion of an image is ontologically empty – i.e., images are no more than a cultural invention akin to epicycles in astronomy. There are only flat objects engaged in various causal roles. In this paper I will defend the thesis that in visual culture, in the neurosciences, and in philosophy of mind, there is no convincing evidence in favor of their existence. Moreover, I will outline a series of arguments aiming at showing that images do not exist. I will discuss briefly discuss why many authors – from the iconic turn to the neurosciences – use the notion of image as though it were something real. I will conclude suggesting to drop the subject-object divide and to consider a completely flat ontology made only of (relative) objects.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 27239640
- Volume :
- 2
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- JoLMA
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.3fcbc367e3b4468fa5bf974d3a041407
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2021/01/006