Ways of WorldmakingProvides a workable notion of the kinds of skills and capacities that are central for those who work in the arts. |
Contents
WORDS WORKS WORLDS | 1 |
THE STATUS OF STYLE | 23 |
SOME QUESTIONS CONCERNING QUOTATION | 41 |
WHEN IS ART? | 57 |
A PUZZLE ABOUT PERCEPTION | 71 |
THE FABRICATION OF FACTS | 91 |
vii | 100 |
ON RIGHTNESS OF RENDERING | 109 |
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Common terms and phrases
according actual worlds aesthetic alternative analogue Anaximander answer apparent change apparent motion argument bleen chapter characteristics circle color conceptual art conflict contain contrast count course denote depends describe descriptions discussion distinguished Don Quixote E. H. Gombrich earth Empedocles example exemplified experiments expression facts false ferent figures frame of reference further grue indirect quotation inductive rightness inductive validity Kolers lines literally or metaphorically look matter means merely mess of molecules motion perception moves Nelson Goodman nominalistic object painting paraphrase patterns perhaps philosophy physical pictorial picture points predicates premisses purist question quotation marks quote real-motion perception relevant kinds replicas representation right versions sample second flash occurs shape smooth sometimes sort spatio-temporal spot statements style stylistic properties supplementation swatch symbolic functioning synonymy tests Thales things tion triangles have three true truth ture verbal Vernon Howard visual system words world-versions worldmaking wrong