Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric: I agree with your general observations regarding science; except, there is a basis for some objective reasoning about about what constiutes a "good picture" and the "good" in human affairs generally. Namely, a picture is "good" insofar as it satisfies your or my concept of a good picture. i.e., a "good" picture is one that satisfies the photographer's concept and purpose rearding what he is doing in the moment (of image capture). The more expert the photographer the more properties his concept has. Thus, property density increases with experience (expertise); but, a "good" picture always remains one that satisfies our concept (definition) of a good picture carried in our heads. g it. "Good" always remains concept fulfillment . Anything good is also rich in properties! Property density and concept fulfillment set the stage for the application of set theory, set algebra and other formal, logical moves that can lead us to a science of "good", and therefore a probabilistic science of aesthetics and ethics for the first time in history. Physicists looking at the atom are also must use probability models. For the more analytically minded may I suggest the following reference of ours: FORMS OF VALUE AND VALUATION , Edited by Edwards and Davis, University Press of America, Lantham, Maryland (1991). LP6@aol.com