Perceiving pictures |
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Authors: | Bence Nanay |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Philosophy, University of Antwerp, D 413, Grote Kauwenberg 18, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium;(2) Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1RD, UK |
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Abstract: | I aim to give a new account of picture perception: of the way our visual system functions when we see something in a picture.
My argument relies on the functional distinction between the ventral and dorsal visual subsystems. I propose that it is constitutive
of picture perception that our ventral subsystem attributes properties to the depicted scene, whereas our dorsal subsystem
attributes properties to the picture surface. This duality elucidates Richard Wollheim’s concept of the “twofoldness” of our
experience of pictures: the “visual awareness not only of what is represented but also of the surface qualities of the representation.”
I argue for the following four claims: (a) the depicted scene is represented by ventral perception, (b) the depicted scene
is not represented by dorsal perception, (c) the picture surface is represented by dorsal perception, and (d) the picture
surface is not necessarily represented by ventral perception. |
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