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Cognitive Abduction and the Study of Visual Culture

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Philosophy and Cognitive Science

Part of the book series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics ((SAPERE,volume 2))

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In this paper art history and visual studies, the disciplines that study visual culture, are presented as a field whose conjectural paradigm can be used to understand the epistemic problems associated with abduction. In order to do so, significant statements, concepts and arguments from the work of several specialists in this field have been highlighted. Their analysis shows the fruitfulness and potential for understanding the study of visual culture as a field that is interwoven with the assumptions of abductive cognition.

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  1. Department of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    María G. Navarro

  2. Departamento de Historia y Teoría del Arte, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Noemi de Haro García

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    Lorenzo Magnani

  2. , Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University, XinGang Xi Lu 135, Guangzhou, 510275, China, People's Republic

    Ping Li

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Navarro, M.G., de Haro García, N. (2012). Cognitive Abduction and the Study of Visual Culture. In: Magnani, L., Li, P. (eds) Philosophy and Cognitive Science. Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29928-5_11

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