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Visual Representation and Taxonomy

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Visual Representations and Interpretations

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How ought we classify visual representation? Is there any reason to suppose that information made available through the eyes is represented in a different kind of way to information made available to the ears, or to touch? In this paper I will explore whether, for the purposes of cognitive science, a useful representational taxonomy will give a special place to visual representation. In particular, I argue that pictures are not a good exemplar of the ‘iconic’ genus of representation.

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  1. School of Philosophy, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Hugh Clapin

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Chadwick Building, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK

    Ray Paton B.Ed, PhD, CBiol, MIBiol

  2. Computer Science, Foresight Centre, 3 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, L69 3GL, UK

    Irene Neilson MA, PhD, MSc

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Clapin, H. (1999). Visual Representation and Taxonomy. In: Paton, R., Neilson, I. (eds) Visual Representations and Interpretations. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0563-3_35

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0563-3_35

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