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Images: An image in philosophy is a mental representation of something. In the philosophy of art an image is a mental representation of something, while a picture is a physical object that represents something. See also Pictures, Art, Representaion, Presentation, Imagination.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Plato on Images - Dictionary of Arguments

Gadamer I 417
Image/Plato/Gadamer: [The sign] still has its existence in its connection with other beings. The difference between its being and its meaning is an absolute one. >Sign/Plato
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Things are different with the opposite extreme that plays into the definition of the word: the image. The image certainly contains the same contradiction of its being and its meaning, but in such a way that it eliminates this contradiction in itself, precisely by virtue of the similarity that lies within itself. It does not derive its function of reference or representation from the sign taking subject, but from its own factual content. It is not a mere sign.
For in it the depicted itself is represented, made to remain and present. Precisely for this reason it is assessable in terms of its similarity, i.e. how far it allows the non-present to be present in itself.
Cf. >Similarity, >Representation, >Presentation.
Gadamer I 418
The legitimate question of whether the word is nothing more than a "pure sign" or whether it does have something of the "image" in itself is fundamentally discredited by that. To the extent that it is taken ad absurdum there that the word is an image, all that seems to remain is that it is a sign.
This emerges - albeit not with emphatic distinction - from the negative discussion of "Cratylos" as a result and is sealed by the expulsion of knowledge into the intelligible sphere, so that since then in the entire reflection on language the concept of the image (eikön) has been replaced by that of the sign (semeion or sémainon). This is not only a change of terminology, but it expresses a decision about the thinking of what language is, which has been made by the epoch.(1) >Word/Plato, >Language/Plato, >Words/Ancient philosophy.


1. The importance of Stoic grammar and the formation of a Latin conceptual language for the representation of Greek is emphasized by J. Lohmann, Lexis II

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Gadamer I
Hans-Georg Gadamer
Wahrheit und Methode. Grundzüge einer philosophischen Hermeneutik 7. durchgesehene Auflage Tübingen 1960/2010

Gadamer II
H. G. Gadamer
The Relevance of the Beautiful, London 1986
German Edition:
Die Aktualität des Schönen: Kunst als Spiel, Symbol und Fest Stuttgart 1977


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