Four Arts of Photography by Dominic McIver Lopes

Author:Dominic McIver Lopes
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781119053293
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2016-04-04T00:00:00+00:00

The New Theory and the Third Art

As in science, a theory in philosophy prevails if it enables us to explain or shed light on important phenomena better than its competition. Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is correct, at least in its main elements, because it provides the best explanation of biological diversity and change. Likewise, the new theory of photography prevails over the traditional theory if it helps us to make sense of how we use photographs in art and communication.

Therefore, the new theory gets a leg up if there is a third art of photography that stands up to the traditional theory stated in (P). Since the traditional theory predicts that there is no such art, it is in trouble if there is one. Meanwhile, one might think that the traditional theory has the advantage over the new theory when it comes to photographs outside art, which we regard as honest sources of information. After all, the traditional theory was developed partly in order to explain photographs’ special epistemic power. Has the new theory enough resources to construct an epistemology of photography? A look at the third art of photography should be followed up with a look at photography’s epistemic powers.

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