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306The Paradox of Horror: Fear as a Positive EmotionJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 70 (4): 2012. 2012.
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260Pictorial Representation And Moral KnowledgePostgraduate Journal of Aesthetics 1 (2): 69-76. 2004.The idea that pictorial art can have cognitive value, that it can enhance our understanding of the world and of our own selves, has had many advocates in art theory and philosophical aesthetics alike. It has also been argued, however, that the power of pictorial representation to convey or enhance knowledge, in particular knowledge with moral content, is not generalized across the medium.
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197Pictorial perception as illusionBritish Journal of Aesthetics 47 (3): 268-279. 2007.The focus of this paper is on E. H. Gombrich's claim that pictorial perception is a case of illusion. My aim is to point out that, on the one hand, the interpretation of this claim that is widely accepted in pictorial theory is not supported by Gombrich's analysis of pictorial perception; and, on the other hand, that the interpretation of the claim that I see as more compatible with Gombrich's analysis is not consistent with relevant facts about our relation to pictures. However, I will argue, G…Read more
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173Philosophical Perspectives on Depiction (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2010.This volume of specially written essays by leading philosophers offers to set the agenda for the philosophy of depiction.
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106Review: John V. Kulvicki: On Images: Their Structure and Content (review)Mind 117 (466): 486-490. 2008.
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106The opticality of pictorial representationJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 66 (2). 2008.
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68Beyond Mimesis and Convention: Representation in Art and Science (review)International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 26 (1). 2012.
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67Commissioning the Artwork: From Singular Authorship to Collective CreatorshipJournal of Aesthetic Education 50 (1): 16-33. 2016.A specific type of collaboration has become prevalent in contemporary art: in this type of collaboration—henceforth, commissioning—an artist assigns the production of the work of art to skilled craftsmen or unskilled workers, directing their labor through instructions or blueprints. Commissioning has been accepted by the art world as a legitimate mode of artistic production—legitimate in the sense that it does not undermine the authenticity of the work as a creation of the artist, even if she ha…Read more
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43Review of Dominic mciver Lopes, Sight and Sensibility: Evaluating Pictures (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2006 (4). 2006.
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42What is a Picture? Depiction, Realism, Abstraction, by Michael Newall (review)Mind 123 (491): 944-947. 2014.
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24Art Beyond Representation: The Performative Power of the Image (review)British Journal of Aesthetics 46 (2): 213-216. 2006.
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17Plato: Educating through ImagesThe Journal of Aesthetic Education 57 (4): 18-35. 2023.Abstract:In Book X of the Republic, Plato develops a structured criticism of the images of painting in order to denigrate, by means of analogy, the cognitive value of poetry. Yet Plato persistently employs verbal images at points of utmost importance with regard to his philosophical aims. In the face of Plato’s critique of the image, his methodic use of images can seem paradoxical: critique and method point in opposing directions with regard to the cognitive value of the image. The aim of this a…Read more
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2Pictorial Perception as Twofold ExperienceIn Catharine Abell Katerina Bantinaki (ed.), Philosophical Perspectives on Depiction, Oxford University Press. 2010.
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Pictorial Experience and the Awareness of StyleIn J. Pelletier & A. Voltolini (eds.), The Pleasure of Pictures: Pictorial Experience and Aesthetic Appreciation, Routledge. 2018.
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The Literary Translator as Author: a Philosophical Assessment of the IdeaTranslation Studies 3 (13). 2020.
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On the Narrative Potential of DepictionJournal for the Philosophy of Language, Mind and the Arts. Special Issue: Image/Images 2 (1). 2021.
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Plato's Images: Addressing the Clash Between Method and CritiqueProceedings of the European Society for Aesthetics 11. 2019.