Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

Volume 79, Issue 3, November 2009

Ben Blumson
Pages 522-538

Images, Intentionality and Inexistence

The possibilities of depicting non-existents. depicting non-particulars and depictive misrepresentation are frequently cited as grounds for denying the platitude that depiction is mediated by resemblance. I first argue that these problems are really a manifestation of the more general problem of intentionality. I then show how there is a plausible solution to the general problem of intentionality which is consonant with the platitude.