ing rather than the relation of representation that ultimately matters,
selon
to what?
Representing in the Sciences
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light four of them:
References
Noûs
Oxford Studies in Metaphysics
Senses of Cinema
tions of Physics,
Founda-
International Journal of Theoretical Physics
Pour un Nouveau Roman
La Jalousie
Guide”, Australasian Journal of Philosophy
Quarterly
Monsieur
The Philosophical
semantic relation
Philosophy Compass
Representing and Picturing:
Approaches in the Sciences
and the Arts
structural similarity
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models
Otávio Bueno
University of Miami
abstraction
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tables
diagrams, graphs and
variables expressed in the graph are not obtained by stipulation or
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sentation per se
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representing: an
causal interaction: This mode of representing
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Caravaggio’s
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micrographs
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Saturn Devouring One of His Sons,
After Francisco de Goya Y Lucientes
to the original painting, despite the materials used: a variety of items
x
to y
mechanical reproduction: x represents y
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,
xFx’
Oxidation Painting,
stipulation: x represents y
Despite the diversity of the modes of representing, there is a way of
structural mappings
informational content
ay
exemplarization: x represents y in virtue of being
Consider, for
International Klein Blue
Fountain,
partial in that only
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tion of y
description: x represents y
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in The Book of Illusions
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Representing in the Arts
Prima facie
picturing: x represents y in virtue of being visually
similar to y, and due to this similarity, x
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evsky’s The Gambler
had not painted in amazing detail the series of self-portraits that he
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stipulation
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The War of the End of the World
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Representing in the Sciences and in the Arts: A Comparison
Rebellion in the Backlands
Two additional examples: As noted, Canaletto’s detailed paintings of
Conclusion
we may initially have thought, given the role played by informational
cognitive
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Notes
References
The Book of Illusions
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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Journal for the Philosophy of Science
British
Science and Partial Truth
Rebellion in the Backlands
The Double and the Gambler
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Philosophy of Science
Picture, Image and Experience
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Art, Self and Knowledge
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Understanding Pictures
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toplasm”, Journal of Biophysical and Biochemical Cytology
Art and Knowledge
The 2015 John Fisher Memorial Prize
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The winning essay will be published in JAAC
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