Drawing problems: thought in action. (October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Casati, Roberto
• Other Names: Steiner Pierre guest-editor.; Gapenne Olivier guest-editor.; Lenay Charles guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Adaptive behavior. Volume 29:Number 5(2021)
• Page Start: 441
• Page End: 448
• Publication Date: 2021-10
• Subjects: Drawing -- action -- perception -- phenomenology; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Animals -- Adaptation -- Periodicals; Adaptability (Psychology) -- Periodicals; Adaptation, Psychological -- Periodicals; Artificial intelligence -- Periodicals; 591.5
• DOI: 10.1177/1059712319861551
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1741-2633

Abstract

I investigate some aspects of the structure of the production of drawings by developing a practice-based phenomenology articulated around some "drawing problems." The examples I chose cluster around decision making in drawing from life. I make a case for a propositional, explicit judgment-based action structure that makes it possible to accommodate some typical practices used in addressing drawing problems. I further hint to by-products (e.g. attention modulation) and "surrounding practices" (e.g. communication during the observation of a drawing activity) that find a plausible explanation in the propositional account of drawing.