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Whither photography theory? Replies to Catharine Abell and Paloma Atencia Linares

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Costello, Diarmuid (2018) Whither photography theory? Replies to Catharine Abell and Paloma Atencia Linares. Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell'estetico , 11 (2). pp. 207-234. [pp 230-234]. doi:10.13128/Aisthesis-22969 ISSN 2035-8466.

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In On Photography Costello traces the roots of cur-rent conceptions of photography back to the formulations of its earliest pioneers, and shows that contemporary philosophical reflection on photography is an increasingly refined formalization of intuitions that have been around since its invention, and by now permeate folk wisdom. Those intuitions are false in key respects. Costello’s reply considers the present state of debate, concluding that work remains to be done before New Theory can claim to have bested Orthodoxy. In particular, while New Theory does better in accounting for photography’s aesthetic capacities; the challenge remains to do as well with its alleged epistemic privilege. For this reason, New Theorists should cease worrying about Skeptical Orthodoxy, and direct their energies to Non-Skeptical Orthodoxy, which represents a much stiffer challenge. It also notes that despite New Theory’s attention to the photographic process, this remains incomplete in at least one important respect as currently described.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BH Aesthetics
T Technology > TR Photography
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Photography -- History, Photography -- Philosophy, Aesthetics
Journal or Publication Title: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell'estetico
Publisher: Firenze University Press
ISSN: 2035-8466
Official Date: 21 December 2018
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21 December 2018Published
17 April 2018Accepted
Volume: 11
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 207-234
Article Number: [pp 230-234]
DOI: 10.13128/Aisthesis-22969
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
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'Whither Photography Theory? Reply to Catharine Abell and Paloma Atencia-Linares' in 'The New Theory of Photography: Symposium on Dominic McIver Lopes, The Four Arts of Photography and Diarmuid Costello, On Photography, forthcoming in Aisthesis, 11:2, 2018 (special issue on the Aesthetics of Photography).

Date of first compliant deposit: 22 August 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 12 April 2019
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