Depiction and convention

Ben Blumson*

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    Abstract

    By defining both depictive and linguistic representation as kinds of symbol system, Nelson Goodman attempts to undermine the platitude that, whereas linguistic representation is mediated by convention, depiction is mediated by resemblance. I argue that Goodman is right to draw a strong analogy between the two kinds of representation, but wrong to draw the counterintuitive conclusion that depiction is not mediated by resemblance.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)335-348
    Number of pages14
    JournalDialectica
    Volume62
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

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