The Cognitive Value of Blade Runner
The purpose of this essay is to argue that Blade Runner: The Final Cut (Ridley Scott, 2007) has cognitive value which is inseparable from its value as a work of cinema. I introduce the cinematic philosophy debate in §1. §2 sets out my position: that the Final Cut affirms the proposition there is n...
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Nederlands Genootschap voor Esthetica (Dutch Association of Aesthetics)
2016-12-01
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| description | The purpose of this essay is to argue that Blade Runner: The Final Cut (Ridley Scott, 2007) has cognitive value which is inseparable from its value as a work of cinema. I introduce the cinematic philosophy debate in §1. §2 sets out my position: that the Final Cut affirms the proposition there is no necessary relation between humanity and human beings. I outline the combination of cinematic depiction with distinctive features of the narrative’s peripeteia in §3. In §4, I explain the cognitive value of the peripeteia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-749c2c9c070c4c94bd16674ad51f12b22022-12-21T20:06:22ZengNederlands Genootschap voor Esthetica (Dutch Association of Aesthetics)Aesthetic Investigations2352-27042016-12-011210.5281/zenodo.4027407The Cognitive Value of Blade RunnerRafe McGregor0University of LeedsThe purpose of this essay is to argue that Blade Runner: The Final Cut (Ridley Scott, 2007) has cognitive value which is inseparable from its value as a work of cinema. I introduce the cinematic philosophy debate in §1. §2 sets out my position: that the Final Cut affirms the proposition there is no necessary relation between humanity and human beings. I outline the combination of cinematic depiction with distinctive features of the narrative’s peripeteia in §3. In §4, I explain the cognitive value of the peripeteia.https://www.aestheticinvestigations.eu/index.php/journal/article/view/72Artistic ValueBlade RunnerCinematic PhilosophyCognitive ValueNarrative Representation |
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