Unfit to Print: Contra Mag Uidhir on the Ontology of Photographic Artworks

• Authors: Alexey Aliyev
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

According to the orthodox view, photographic artworks are abstract objects. This view, however, has recently been challenged by Christy Mag Uidhir. In his article ‘Photographic Art: An Ontology Fit to Print’, he argues in favour of a nominalist construal of photographic artworks. My goal is to show that Mag Uidhir’s argument is unpersuasive.

Keywords

EN

photography; ontology; work of art; nominalism

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Estetika: The Central European Journal of Aesthetics
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 53 (New Series: 9)
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 3-13
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Alexey Aliyev

• Estetika, redakce, Katedra estetiky, Filozofická fakulta UK, Celená 20, 116 42 Praha 1, Czech Republic