Our representations are mental states, and so
we can always ask whether they are truthful.
we can always ask whether they are truthful.
We test a representation by examining its ability to match reality.
...Like our mental states that provide us with knowledge,
works of art are both mere things within the world
and representations of the world.
...Like our mental states that provide us with knowledge,
works of art are both mere things within the world
and representations of the world.
- David Carrier
- Art: Key Contemporary Thinkers, Berg, UK, 2007, p.116
