ABSTRACT
Many tools for explaining pictorial representation are of great interest to philosophers of mind, and progress in that area can readily inform the study of depiction, and maybe even the study of images more generally. To the extent that we better understand recognition, for example, we can more readily understand whether and how pictures evoke recognition responses. The deeper our understanding of perceptual experience, the clearer our sense of how experiences of pictures might be distinctive. These last two chapters look at things the other way around. How does the study of images inform the philosophy of mind? First, we consider the problems of mental imagery and perceptual content, then we move on to consider photographs and what they might tell us about object perception.
