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

Estetika: The European Journal of Aesthetics 53 (1):3-13 (2016)
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Abstract

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.

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Alexey Aliyev
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