The lazy person’s approach to depiction

Rafael DE CLERCQ

doi:10.1111/jaac.12141

The lazy person’s approach to depiction

Rafael DE CLERCQ

Department of Visual Studies

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Abstract

It has been argued (for example, by Nelson Goodman and John Hyman) that ‘depicts’ and similar terms such as ‘is a picture of’ and ‘represents’ are semantically ambiguous: sometimes they are two-place predicates expressing a relation, and sometimes they are not. This article takes issue with this claim and develops an alternative theory according to which the ambiguity in question is pragmatic rather than semantic.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	95-104
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
Volume	73
Issue number	2
Early online date	24 Apr 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jaac.12141
Publication status	Published - 2015

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