Costello, Diarmuid and Phillips, Dawn M. (2009) Automatism, causality and realism : foundational problems in the philosophy of photography. Philosophy Compass, Vol.4 (No.1). pp. 1-21. doi:10.1111/j.1747-9991.2008.00193.x ISSN 17479991.

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Abstract

This article contains a survey of recent debates in the philosophy of photography, focusing on aesthetic and epistemic issues in particular. Starting from widespread notions about automatism, causality and realism in the theory of photography, the authors ask whether the prima facie tension between the epistemic and aesthetic embodied in oppositions such as automaticism and agency, causality and intentionality, realism and fictional competence is more than apparent. In this context, the article discusses recent work by Roger Scruton, Dominic Lopes, Kendall Walton, Gregory Currie, Jonathan Cohen and Aaron Meskin, Noël Carroll, and Patrick Maynard in some detail. Specific topics addressed include: aesthetic scepticism, transparency, imagination, perception, information, representation and depiction

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Automatism, Photography -- Philosophy, Realism
Journal or Publication Title:	Philosophy Compass
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:	17479991
Official Date:	2009
Dates:	Date Event 2009 Published
Volume:	Vol.4
Number:	No.1
Page Range:	pp. 1-21
DOI:	10.1111/j.1747-9991.2008.00193.x
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published

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