Joseph Masotti
Biographic Data
| ID | 9518228 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Masotti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Masotti |
| SIGNATURE | MASOTTI J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California San Diego |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1154-1246 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Depiction and synthetic images
Many philosophers hold that at least one necessary condition for a picture to depict an object is that the picture’s maker held a relevant intention regarding that object appearing in the picture. This is called the “intentional standard of correctness.” In this paper, I argue that AI-generated synthetic images provide strong counterexamples to the intentional standard of correctness. I then argue that we have three possible routes for a theory o…
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Depiction and synthetic images
Many philosophers hold that at least one necessary condition for a picture to depict an object is that the picture’s maker held a relevant intention regarding that object appearing in the picture. This is called the “intentional standard of correctness.” In this paper, I argue that AI-generated synthetic images provide strong counterexamples to the intentional standard of correctness. I then argue that we have three possible routes for a theory o…
Counterexample (1 work) · Counterintuitive (1 work) · Depiction (1 work) · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI (1 work) · Object (grammar) (1 work) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (1 work) · Philosophy of language (1 work) · Philosophy of mind (1 work) · Proposition (1 work) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (1 work)