Some Conflicts of Images within the Framework of the Iconic Turn. Outlining an Ontology from Paul Ricoeur
Abstract
After drawing three positions regarding the iconic and verbal phenomena, the linguocentric, the iconcentric and the dialectic, and linking them, respectively, with the three prevailing schools of thought in the iconic or pictorial turn, the semiotic, the perceptual and anthropological, we will look for a rough concept of image. The impossibility of finding such a concept will lead us to venture into the performative level of images. Given how sparse the power and strength of images is, the hypothesis is that, from the field of philosophy, a meeting ground could be to sketch an ontology for images. In light of this, we will read and interpret Paul Ricoeur’s hermeneutical philosophy, concluding with a reflection on the problems and limits of this ontology.
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