Depiction and Resemblance
Thursday, 11 December 2025, 16:30-18:30
Senate House, Room 264
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It is very natural to think that depiction has something to do with resemblance. Although the simplest version of this view has been widely rejected, the basic intuition has persisted in the form of experienced resemblance theories of depiction. I argue against these theories by considering a series of cases that they fail to accommodate. I end by considering the upshot for the widespread view that depiction is distinctive in providing spectators with visual impressions of their contents.
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