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Fixing the image : re-thinking the 'mind-independence' of photographs

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Phillips, Dawn M. (2009) Fixing the image : re-thinking the 'mind-independence' of photographs. Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics , Vol.6 (No.2).

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Abstract

We are told by philosophers that photographs are a distinct category of image because
the photographic process is mind-independent. Furthermore, that the experience of
viewing a photograph has a special status, justified by a viewer’s knowledge that the
photographic process is mind-independent. Versions of these ideas are central to
discussions of photography in both the philosophy of art and epistemology and have
far-reaching implications for science, forensics and documentary journalism. [...]

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BH Aesthetics
T Technology > TR Photography
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Photography, Artistic, Photography -- Philosophy, Agent (Philosophy)
Journal or Publication Title: Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics
Publisher: British Society of Aesthetics
Official Date: August 2009
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August 2009Published
Volume: Vol.6
Number: No.2
Status: Peer Reviewed

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