Practice question · Select all that apply
Which are true of a cast taken from life?
Hints
- Three describe what kind of sign it is; one makes a claim about quality.
- Indexicality is about causation, not about being better.
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- A. Its authority comes from contact rather than from accuracy of observation
- C. It works by the same logic as the photographic index
- D. It is an index, physically caused by contact with a particular body
Why
The fourth confuses a kind of claim with a level of quality. A cast is not a superior likeness; it is a different sort of thing, caused by contact rather than produced by observation, and it can be a poor portrait while remaining an unimpeachable trace.
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