Picturing the World (Philosophy (Dis))

About this book

Scientists are portrayed as champions of objectivity and truth and artists as champions of subjectivity and creative expression. Through analysis of modern art John C. Gilmour shows how misleading is this separation of the world into objective and subjective spheres. This false dichotomy depends upon a dated philosophy of mind. The issues posed are developed from the ideas of Nietzche Heidegger Merleau-Ponty Gadamer Ricoeur Wittgenstein Rorty Dewey and Whitehead. Picturing the World requires us to reconceive the role of the artist in the creative process and the role of the arts in general.