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Let us briefly look at a decisive moment in the construction of the Western notions of image and depiction: Plato’s cave as it is described in Book VII of The Republic.1 It is introduced as part of a long analogy, destined by Socrates to explain the human condition.
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The basis for my thoughts on texts and contexts, as well as this very example, are collected from Nelson Goodman and Catherine Z. Elgin, Reconceptions in Philosophy and other Arts and Sciences. London: Routledge (1988: 49–65).
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Rosengren, M. (2012). Cave Opening. In: Cave Art, Perception and Knowledge. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137271976_2
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