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Unfit to Print: Contra Mag Uidhir on the Ontology of Photographic Artworks
Unfit to Print: Contra Mag Uidhir on the Ontology of Photographic Artworks

Author(s): Alexey Aliyev
Subject(s): Photography, Aesthetics
Published by: Helsinki University Press
Keywords: photography;ontology;work of art;nominalism

Summary/Abstract: According to the orthodox view, photographic artworks are abstract objects. This view, however, has recently been challenged by Christy Mag Uidhir. In his article ‘Photographic Art: An Ontology Fit to Print’, he argues in favour of a nominalist construal of photographic artworks. My goal is to show that Mag Uidhir’s argument is unpersuasive.

  • Issue Year: LIII/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 3-13
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English