Why should we prefer the weak version of the new theory of photography?
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https://doi.org/10.24310/Contrastescontrastes.v23i2.5572Keywords:
NEW THEORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY, STRICTLY PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA, PHOTOGRAPHY, DIARMUID COSTELLO, DOMINIC LOPESAbstract
Diarmuid Costello has recently supported a radical version of what he calls, following Dominic Lopes, The new theory of photography and he has criticized a position within this theory that he considers weaker and restrictive. Both views – radical and restrictive – are opposed to the received view in the analytic philosophy of photography. However, Costello argues that the weaker version is too close to orthodoxy. This paper constitutes a defense of the purported restrictive view and argues that, as a matter of fact, the radical version is more prescriptive, restrictive and inadequate.
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