ABSTRACT
When I say that artworks have cognitive value, I mean that, like scientific hypotheses and historical narratives, artworks can provide an understanding of aspects of reality. If so, like science and history, art must represent the aspects of the world into which it provides insight. Reality can be represented in a variety of ways. Consequently, the epistemology of art involves an investigation of the types of representation and an account of the type employed in the arts. This chapter is designed to establish that the arts represent in ways quite different from those employed in the sciences. This is the first step towards showing that the arts and sciences contribute to knowledge in radically different ways.
