Perceiving Images and Styles

Marks individually or in combination constitute images that represent objects. How do those images represent those objects? Marks vary in style, both between and within images. Images also vary in style. How do those styles relate to each other and to the objects that those images represent? Referencing a diverse range of images, we answer the first question with a response-dependence theory of image representation derived from Mark Johnston, differentiating Lockean primary qualities of marks from secondary qualities of images. We answer the second question with a perceptual theory of style derived from Paul Grice, differentiating physical style from image style, and representing conventionally from representing conversationally

Revising Fiction, Fact, and Faith: A Philosophical Account

This book addresses how our revisionary practices account for relations between texts and how they are read. It offers an overarching philosophy of revision concerning works of fiction, fact, and faith, revealing unexpected insights about the philosophy of language, the metaphysics of fact and fiction, and the history and philosophy of science and religion. It will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of language, metaphysics, philosophy of literature, literary theory and criticism, and history and philosophy of science and religion

Présence de la science-fiction dans la bande dessinée d’expression française

La bande dessinée a en propre une capacité fabulatrice qui consiste à dessiner les contours d’artefacts technologiques et d’environnements urbains du futur, ou de mondes découverts par les pionniers de la conquête spatiale, en spéculant, à partir de ce qui existe, sur ce qui pourrait exister ou aurait pu exister, et à inscrire ces « visions » dans un récit qui tend à métaphoriser des enjeux de société. Ce numéro de ReS Futurae entend se concentrer sur certaines spécificités de la bande dessinée que l’on appelle communément « franco-belge », pour faire ressortir en quoi cette capacité fabulatrice est cruciale au sein de la science-fiction