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SUMMARY:Reference and Predication in Pictorial Representation
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LOCATION:Stadcampus\, Antwerp\, Belgium
DESCRIPTION:What kind of content do pictorial images express? &nbsp\;Linguistic content arises\, in the simplest case\, when a sentence expresses the predication of a property to a referent. &nbsp\;In the first part of this talk\, I defend the natural and familiar view that pictorial content also involves reference and predication in an analogous way. &nbsp\;Thus a given picture might depict <u>Obama</u> (the referent) as<u>lifting his arm</u> (the predicate). &nbsp\;&nbsp\;Unfortunately for this otherwise plausible account\, the format of pictorial representations resists any neat structural division into subject and predicate\, in the manner of&nbsp\;language or logic. &nbsp\;How then is predicative pictorial content possible? &nbsp\;In the second part of the talk\, I offer a partial solution. &nbsp\;My central assumption\, drawn from recent work in philosophy and psychology\, is that pictorial content is organized by rules of projective geometry. &nbsp\;Building on this framework\, I propose an interpretive principle which brings pictorial reference and geometry into alignment. &nbsp\;In the resulting view\, pictures do not mark a structural distinction between&nbsp\;subject and predicate. &nbsp\;Instead\,&nbsp\;the very same &nbsp\;features&nbsp\;<em>both</em> refer to individual objects <em>and</em> express the geometrical properties ascribed to these objects. &nbsp\;Thus\, while pictures and sentences are alike in ascribing properties to referents\, they differ fundamentally in the way such content is expressed.<br>\n\n\n<p><strong>Upcoming events: </strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Spring 2014 Speaker series: Aesthetics as Philosophy of Perception:</strong></p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong>February 20: Casey O&rsquo\;Callaghan (Rice)</strong></p>\n<p><strong>February 27: Jerrold Levinson (University of Maryland)</a></strong></p>\n<p><strong>March 6: Catharine Abell (University of Manchester)</a></strong></p>\n<p><strong>March 13: Christopher&nbsp\;Peacocke&nbsp\;(Columbia)</strong></p>\n<p><strong>March 20: Catherine Wilson (University of York)</a>&nbsp\;- the 3rd Annual Marc Jeannerod Lecture</strong></p>\n<p><strong>April 3: Rob Hopkins (University of Sheffield/NYU)</a></strong></p>\n<p><strong>May 8: Dom Lopes (University of British Columbia)</a></strong></p>\n<p><strong>My 15: Alva&nbsp\;No&euml\;&nbsp\;(University of California\, Berkeley)</strong></p>\n<p><strong>May 22: Jenefer Robinson (University of Cincinnati</strong></a>)</p>\n<p><strong></strong>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Upcoming workshops and conferences:</strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>March 12: Workshop on action phenomenology </strong></p>\n<p><strong>May 12-13: Conference on the representationalism vs. relationalism debate</strong></p>\n<p><strong>June 10-11: Conference on nonpropositional and imagistic content</strong></p>\n<p><strong>June 25-26: Symposium with Philip Kitcher </strong></p>\n\n\n\n<p>More info:</p>
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